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The Number One Vocal Coach in AmericaMon, 03 Dec 2018 17:05:42 +0000enhourly1Roger Love is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on voice. No other vocal coach in history has been more commercially successful in both the speaking and singing fields. Tune in to learn his best secrets formulated from scientific findings, breakthrough techniques, and 30-years of getting results for his clients. Listen to learn how Love goes beyond simply word-smithing or using standard singing scales to help you create a sound and voice that resonates with your needs and dreams.Vocal Strategy with Roger LovecleanVocal Strategy with Roger Lovetom@voiceplace.comtom@voiceplace.com (Vocal Strategy with Roger Love)Join celebrity voice coach Roger Love as he shares the secrets that earn his singing and speaking clients Grammys, Oscars, and millions of dollars in revenue. Tune in now to get the singing and communication results you've been waiting for! Vocal Strategy with Roger Lovehttp://rogerlove.com/PodcastCover.jpghttps://rogerlove.com
What Do Untuned Violins and Communications Courses Have in Common?https://rogerlove.com/what-do-untuned-violins-and-communications-courses-have-in-common/
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I’m going to tell you what untuned violins and communications courses havein common so you don’t waste another minute running an uphill path that’s not getting you any closer to having the impact and influence you want.

Ask yourself these key questions:

Am I getting the professional outcomes, growth and performance training I want from my communications and speech-writing courses and clubs?

Is my voice compromising my content, competence, and core goals?

Do I feel as though I’ve been practicing my version of a violin—whether that’s my job, dreams, relationships, or second language—for too long without getting the results I want?

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach, top-selling author, and founder of The Voice of Success Live. I’m working to make the world a better place, one speaking voice at a time, starting with yours.

That’s why today I’m going to tell you what bad violinists and communications courses have in common so you don’t waste another minute running an uphill path that’s not getting you any closer to having the impact and influence you want.

Imagine that I’ve just handed you a violin. The glossy finish glistens as you accept the bow and begin learning how to play music. However, you never tuned the violin.

Over time, you might become a talented violin player, but you’ll never sound great. Why? You will never unlock the incredible sounds of the violin because it’s out of tune!

That’s what communications training without voice training is like.

Your voice is an instrument! Communications, speechwriting, and storytelling lessons will help you make that instrument elegant and impactful. But as we’ve seen in our example, your voice needs to be in tune or else all the beautiful words, images, and stories will fall flat with an audience of unhappy ears.

As a verbal strategist, I help unlock the power of the voice. This includes all three voices inside of you, including a secret voice you didn’t even know existed—and then show you how to perfectly tailor each voice to your message, goals, and environment.

Is your voice compromising your content, competence, and core goals?

Do you feel as though you’ve been practicing your version of a violin—whether it’s your job, dreams, relationships, or second language—for too long without getting the results you want?

You’ve come to the right place. I’ve solved all of these problems for hundreds of thousands of clients from Hollywood to Hong Kong and I can get you results, too!

If you’re not getting the respect or recognition you deserve, if You Know Who just never seems interested, if you depend on your voice to move your brand and company forward, you need a verbal strategist!

Helping you find the perfect voice matters so much to me that I created four free lessons you can get right now. Stop spending another minute practicing your heart out on an un-tuned violin! Just go to www.ThePerfectVoice.com right now to get started.

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]]>I’m going to tell you what untuned violins and communications courses have in common so you don’t waste another minute running an uphill path that’s not getting you any closer to having the impact and influence you want.I’m going to tell you what untuned violins and communications courses have in common so you don’t waste another minute running an uphill path that’s not getting you any closer to having the impact and influence you want.Vocal Strategy with Roger Loveclean3:26Should You Start Your Speech With A Joke?https://rogerlove.com/should-you-start-your-speech-with-a-joke/
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:00:26 +0000http://rogerlove.com/?p=6862https://rogerlove.com/should-you-start-your-speech-with-a-joke/#respondhttps://rogerlove.com/should-you-start-your-speech-with-a-joke/feed/0<p>Should you start your speech with a joke? My answer may surprise you. Find out, in this week's voice lesson, free for you to enjoy. Also in that episode, I'll show you how to discover what TYPE of humor is most natural to you. When you know that, you'll be able to effortlessly and authentically build camaraderie with your listeners, without ever feeling awkward or making people uncomfortable.</p>
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Should you start your speech with a joke?

My answer may surprise you. Find out, in this week’s voice lesson, free for you to enjoy.

Also in that episode, I’ll show you how to discover what TYPE of humor is most natural to you. When you know that, you’ll be able to effortlessly and authentically build camaraderie with your listeners, without ever feeling awkward or making people uncomfortable.

This is a skill set you can apply, starting today, to almost any area of your life, whether you’re speaking on stage, in a conference room, or on the phone.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the bestselling book Set Your Voice Free. People ask me all the time, should they start their speech with a joke? And I want to answer that question for you right now and make it a part of a bigger-picture answer, so that you really understand how I think humor should be involved in the way that you communicate, in the way that you speak, in the way that you present the best of who you are, the most authentic parts of who you are. So, whether you’re speaking on stage, or you’re talking in a conference room or at work or on the phone, I want you to understand how humor, and more specifically, how your type of humor, should fit or not fit into general communications and presentations.

First of all, I like to try to help people figure out where their earliest parts of funny came from. For example, one of my students was a fifty-something-year-old business person who seemed to always be a little bit off-color, way over the top, shock humor, when he would speak, when he would be in meetings, when he would be onstage, when he would make presentations. His humor was very shocking, sometimes off-color. And I sat down with him, and I said, “I really want to think about where this type of humor, this shock humor, came from.” And after about two minutes, we traced it back to the fact that, when his little sister was born, she was born as an addict, because his mother was taking painkillers for a particular legitimate illness, and when she was pregnant, the baby was born, and it was already addicted to painkillers. So, there was a ton of crying going on when his little sister was born, so he was just a little bit older than that, but he would come up to the crib, and he would try to find any way that he could possibly do something to make his little sister stop crying, to make his little sister laugh. So, he’d make funny faces and funny movements, and he’d make loud sounds, and he would do all this kind of jolt stuff and surprise things, and she would stop crying, and she would laugh at him when he would make all those funny faces. Fast forward. The guy’s fifty years old. He’s talking to everybody, and he’s trying to shock people into laughing. He’s still doing shock, funny-face humor, and not realizing that, in his subconscious, he’s just trying to entertain his little sister, and that that kind of humor was actually making people not think he was funny, not think he was charming, not think that he was authentic.

What are you doing with your humor? Is it working for you? Is it not working for you? I generally am thought of as a very humorous speaker, but never in my entire life, that I can remember, onstage, in conversations, would I tell a joke, to start a speech, to be in the middle of a speech or the end of the speech. I don’t look for jokes to be funny, because I’m not a comedian. I am someone who looks at a particular situation that I am in, that I am witnessing, that I am seeing, that I am experiencing, and I try to find the lighter side of it. I try to look for every situation and look for the happy, look for the humorous, look for the silver lining.

So, when people are talking to me, or when I say something, I’m always trying to put my spin on it that things are not as serious as most people believe. This isn’t the end of the world. This is still a great day, because I got up. People say, “Roger, you seem to always be so happy, so cheerful,” and I say, “Every single morning, I get up with a smile on my face.” And they’re like, “Why? We don’t want to get out of bed. What are you so happy about?” And I said, “Because, when my eyes open, and I realize that I’m breathing, and I get another day to be alive, and there’s my beautiful wife, and then I’m going to see my beautiful kids, and the dog’s going to lick me on the mouth, and she’s a fantastic kisser—this is a great day! I have every reason to be joyful, to be humorous, to think it’s funny, to think that my day is filled with endless possibilities.” So, that’s me. I’m hard-wired like that.

But how are you hard-wired? I’m not trying to tell jokes. If I try to tell a joke onstage, it would bomb, no matter how much the people in the audience loved me. It would be dependent upon how funny the joke itself is. But that’s not where I believe communication humor should come from. I believe our job as a great speaker is to help people go back to the emotional place of the story. So, for example, I’m telling a story about me jumping out of a plane, or I’m telling a story about me driving in a race car and being scared to death, because I’m going two hundred and fifty miles an hour, and I was never trained as a race car driver. My job, when I’m telling this story, is to engage the audience, engage the listeners, and to put them in the same mindset that I’m in while this is happening. That’s how you connect with people. That’s why people tell stories when they’re talking to people. That’s the most engaging person in the world, is the person who can engage you by talking about things that have happened, bringing stories up, and making you feel like you were there.

But how do you feel like you were there? Because you’re seeing the person experience it. So, there I am, jumped out of the plane, and all I can think of is, “Aaah!” And I sing pretty high, but I’ve suddenly hit notes that are higher than my dog could make! And I didn’t even know my vocal cords could make that. So, my job is to put you emotionally back in that place where the story happens.

Now, if you’re feeling like you’re in that place with me, where we’ve just jumped out of the plane, we’re trying to survive, and we’re looking at the positive side—if I get you in that emotional side with me, then if I find the funny in it, and you’re already there connected with me emotionally, you’re going to find the funny in it, too. You’re going to first see it through my eyes, and then you’re going to see it through my heart and my emotions, and then you’re going to feel what I feel. So, the best way to be humorous is to learn how to bring people emotionally with you on how you feel, so that when you feel happy, they feel happy. When you think it’s funny, they think it’s funny. When you think it’s sad, they think it’s sad. You take them through all of these emotions.

What’s the absolute best way to do that? To understand how the building blocks of voice that I teach influence how people feel, and if you can make them feel what you feel. I use melody, specifically melodies that go up. If I want people to feel happy, I use melodies that go from low notes to high notes, “and there I was in the back, and now here I am,” and all of the notes go like that. And when I’m using melodies that go up, which are called ascending melodies, they’re starting lower, and they’re going higher. It makes people happy. If I want someone to be sad, I use a lot of descending. “Oh, it’s my birthday. It’s OK you didn’t get me a present. My name is Roger Love.” The melody of my voice can make people happy or sad. I can go fast or slow, the pace of my voice. “Oh, my God, there I was, and here, this is what happened, and you cannot imagine that.” So, now, my pulse is racing, and you’re following with me, and your pulse starts to race, too, and your blood pressure starts to go up, because I’m speaking faster.

Or I start to speak really slowly, and you start to feel the emotions of patience, the emotions of slowness. Your blood pressure slows. All I’m saying is that, if I use pitch, pace, tone, melody, and volume to help make the sounds of happy and sad and funny and all of the emotions that are possible, then when I am happy, when I see the funny side, it’s because I feel it. I feel how joyful that is. My humor comes from the joy of experiencing something and seeing it in a way that is unique to me waking up on the happy side of the bed. And if I can make the sounds of my voice that make you feel what I’m feeling, then you’ll laugh when I laugh.

People actually say this to me. They’ve never seen this before. I’m onstage, and I’m talking about something, and I start to laugh when they laugh, and people said, “I thought—that’s weird that you laugh at the same time we’re laughing,” and I’m like, “Because I didn’t know what I was going to say, I was so in the moment that my humor came from—I didn’t know I was going to say that.” So, if it’s funny to you, and it’s funny to me, we’re in that moment connected together.

So, should you use a joke? No, not unless you’re a professional comedian. Should you use your voice, the melody, the tone, the pace, the volume of your voice, to connect with people emotionally, so that when you feel it’s funny, they’re already connected to that emotion, so that when you feel it’s happy and joyous and fun, they’re already connected to that, because your voice led them there, and the authenticity and the connection between you and them is humorous and funny? So, don’t look for jokes. Look for transparency. Don’t look for jokes. Look for authenticity. Don’t look for jokes. Display happy. Share happy. The fun will come from that. The funny will come from that.

You are funnier than you think, and you don’t have to try so hard.

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]]>Should you start your speech with a joke? My answer may surprise you. Find out, in this week's voice lesson, free for you to enjoy. Also in that episode, I'll show you how to discover what TYPE of humor is most natural to you. When you know that,Should you start your speech with a joke? My answer may surprise you. Find out, in this week's voice lesson, free for you to enjoy. Also in that episode, I'll show you how to discover what TYPE of humor is most natural to you. When you know that, you'll be able to effortlessly and authentically build camaraderie with your listeners, without ever feeling awkward or making people uncomfortable.Vocal Strategy with Roger Loveclean10:58Is Your Voice Holding You Back From Being Successful?https://rogerlove.com/is-your-voice-holding-you-back-from-being-successful/
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Summary

Could your voice be the reason you’re not further ahead in your career by now?

The fact is, most people’s voices don’t SOUND like the job title they have.

However the most successful people I know have all managed to align who they are as a professional with how they sound when they speak. They enjoy a seamless synergy between how they want to be perceived–all their good intentions and credibility–with the way people actually perceive them, every time they speak.

The fact is, no matter your career choice, this rule applies:

Good intentions don’t always create good communications!

Here are 3 small adjustments that can make a big difference in the way clients perceive you and how they feel when you speak to them. (Watch the video lesson for more details and tips you can start applying, tonight!)

1. Add ascending melodies to uplift your listeners

2. Align your pace with your desired energy level

3. Tune your volume to showcase the right level of strength

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the bestselling book Set Your Voice Free. You’ve spent a lifetime building to the career that you now have. You wanted to be a doctor. You’ve got it. You decided to be a lawyer. You’re there. Nanny, therapist, whatever your choices were, whatever the situation that you went through to get there, you have a career right now. But let me ask you something. Is your voice holding you back from being successful in the career that you have chosen, or that you have found yourself in? Because I believe there’s a dichotomy, a big difference, between the position that people have in life, the character they play, the role they play, the occupation that they occupy, and what they sound like. And it is only those people that manage to take what they are with who they are inside, and then showcase that to the people that they are presenting themselves to, that become the most successful.

For example, let’s say you’re a doctor, and you wanted to be a doctor for all the right reasons. You want to help people. You have a big heart. You hate seeing people in pain. You want to heal the sick. You didn’t come to be a doctor because you wanted to be a type of doctor that could charge the most for specific types of surgeries that were very highly expensive, and that your job was to buy more houses and more houses and more houses. Your job of being a doctor came from the heart. You decided you wanted to help people.

So, then, you walk into the office, and there is a patient, and your patient is ready to experience you, the doctor who cares more than all the other doctors, the doctor with the big heart, the doctor that hates seeing people in pain, the doctor who is committed to changing the world, one healthy body at a time. And you open up your mouth, and the sounds that come out of you make that person feel that you are selfish or angry or shy or separatist, or in some way, they can’t assess, by the sounds that are coming out of your mouth, that you really care about them, when we know that you do. So, how successful are you going to be with that patient and all of the other patients if you’re not good at showcasing who you really are as that kind of a doctor?

Let’s say you’re a lawyer, and you have learned everything you need to be a lawyer, and it is your day, and you have prepped, and you’re a trial lawyer, and you are going to now give opening statements. And there is the jury and the judge, and you are a lawyer who has been doing pro bono work your whole career. You love people. You don’t even like charging them. You want to change their lives. You are fighting for the people who have no advocate. You’re that kind of a lawyer, and you step into the room. You step into the courtroom, and you have your opening remarks, but you sound kind of like a jerk. You sound like you don’t care. You sound kind of selfish. You sound kind of weak. You sound like you don’t have all the answers. You sound like you don’t care that much. How effective are you going to be at that moment, during those opening statements? Not very. You’re not going to be great lawyer, you’re not going to be a great doctor, unless you can convince people and present yourself, showcasing the best of who you are, why you chose to be in the occupation you’re in.

And I’m telling you that voice is the number one way to make that happen. You’ve had the lifetime of learning, but you haven’t thought enough about, “What should my voice sound like to have the people who hear me perceive me and my core beliefs and my desires and my wants and my dislikes in the most authentic way?” You haven’t thought about your melody. You are a doctor who believes that there is a cure for everything, and there is a way to make everyone feel better, so instead of speaking with sounds that make people feel happy and hopeful, you use descending melodies. You’re like, “Well, I understand about this.” All of your melodies go down, so “I understand about the rash, and most probably I can cure it, and here’s what you’re going to have to do,” so these descending melodies, words that start higher, and then they go lower, scientifically have been proven that, when you go higher to lower in your speech, you’re actually making the people sad that are listening to you, and you sound sad. “It’s my birthday. Oh, I don’t need any presents. I know you don’t feel well. I really do care”—descending melodies.

You haven’t thought about it. What makes people happy? What makes people hopeful? Ascending melodies. “I know you have this rash. I happen to have this cream. Two days from now, it’s going to be amazing. This is where we’re going to go.” All of a sudden, I’m thinking, “Give me the cream. Put it all over wherever the rash is.” I’m thinking, “You’re hopeful. I’m hopeful,” all from a change in melody or volume or pace.

When you speak slow, and you’re a lawyer, and you’re speaking really slow as your opening statement, and unfortunately the judge and the jury have all fallen asleep, so it really doesn’t matter what words you say next, because they’re already napping. They’re thinking, “Why is that person speaking so slow? Yes, I know there are lots of technical difficulties, but why do you sound like a law review, instead of like someone who’s passionate about the law and reviewing it emotionally?”

So, the pace, the tone, the volumes of your voice—everything I talk about in building blocks, pitch, pace, tone, melody, and volume—it is more than time for you to start recording yourself, listening back to the way that you sound, thinking about your core values and how they relate to the kind of doctor you want to be, the kind of nanny you want to be. Is your voice so soft, as a nanny, that your charge’s parents don’t feel like you have the strength to be trusted with their infant for long periods of time? Is it because your voice is so soft that you just don’t give across any strength? They’re not perceiving you as being strong, because your voice is so weak, and they’re thinking in their minds, “If there’s a crisis, if the baby is choking, what are you going to do? Are you just going to whisper to the baby and hope that the baby feels better, or are you going to spring into action?”

It is time for you to start recording your voice, and then saying, “Wow, is that the voice of the person that I really am? Is that the voice of the career person that I wanted to be, who showcases why I picked this, why I’m passionate about what I truly believe?” And you’re going to get a lot of that by listening back. Are you the doctor you hoped you would hear if you were sitting in the office? Are you the lawyer you would want on your team? Are you the therapist that you would tell all of your deepest, darkest secrets to? And is that voice, that voice that you already don’t like on your answering machine, and probably wouldn’t pick—is that voice betraying you? Is that voice holding you back from really being the greatest asset and leader in the career that you have chosen for yourself? Record yourself. Listen. Start to think that you have the ability to change your pitch, change your pace, change your volume, and that will change your voice and your career.

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When Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon each walked into my studio to learn their songs for “Walk the Line,” they were both worried about singing. We worked together, day after day, for almost two months, and the results are history!

That movie won Reese the Academy Award for Best Actress. And Joaquin took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor. Without a doubt, Reese and Joaquin are fantastic actors.

The success of “Walk the Line” brought a monsoon of students into my studio asking me two questions:

First, can all actors sing?

And then a second question that almost always follows it:

If I can act AND sing, is that enough to make it in the entertainment industry? Or, do I have to be a TRIPLE threat?

I say, “No.”

Being able to act and sing is NOT enough.

In fact, being a triple threat–knowing how to act, sing, AND dance–STILL isn’t enough to sail your way to stardom.

Today, you need to learn how to do five things:

Sing

Dance

Act

Write or co-write your songs

Know how to market yourself

Watch the training video above, now, to start locking in your edge over the competition.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the bestselling book Set Your Voice Free. Today, I want to answer the question, “Can all actors sing?” because a lot of people think that the answer is “yes.” Over the years, I have had an amazing lifetime of working with so many actors who were in the position to do singing projects, for example, when Reese Witherspoon called me, and she said she and Joaquin Phoenix were going to do Walk the Line, the film where Joaquin was Johnny Cash, and she was June Carter Cash. And the thing was, neither of them considered themselves singers. Reese had done a little bit of singing in high school, and she could carry a tune, but Joaquin really hadn’t spent even a lot of time at birthday parties, focusing on being the one in tune, singing Happy Birthday, even when it was his birthday.

So, I started with them on different levels of them being, of course, amazing actors, but not really being singers. And you might be thinking to yourself, “Look, once you’ve learned to be an actor, once you’ve learned to deal with being presentational, once your self-confidence is so high that you can actually get in front of a camera, that you can make movies, that you can act, then surely you must be able to take those presentational skills and then let them come out of your mouth attached to melodies,” that if you have all of those assets as an actor, self-confidence being on the top of the list, that surely when you open your mouth to sing, what’s going to come out is going to be magical. But let me say, “That is not the case.” That is hardly ever the case, and I really explain to actors and non-actors that acting and singing are two completely different skill sets, absolutely different.

Let me talk about that right now, so you understand why I think that way. When you are singing, it is your responsibility to hit specific notes, melodies that are happening, that are key to that particular song. So, the composer of the song wrote melodies, and some of the notes are high, and some of the notes are low. And there’s a specificity that happens trying to sing those melodies. You know that. When you’re sitting in the car, or you’re at home, and you’re singing along with your favorite artist, and you’re trying to hit all the notes that they’re hitting, can you hit them all? Sometimes you can hit most of them, but sometimes some of them are really hard to hit. They go high. They go too low. You have a low voice. The notes are high. You have a high voice. The notes are low. You can’t hit them all, even if you’re a pretty good singer.

So, the idea is that to create sound is its own skill set. To be able to create chest voice and middle voice and head voice, and to be able to go and use melody, the specific melodies in the song—that’s a learned skill set, totally aside from whether or not you’re shy or self-confident, or you take good pictures, or you’re handsome, or you’re beautiful. It’s different. You have to learn how to hear music, and then you have to learn how to make your body create those sounds. Actors who never really grew up singing didn’t create that kind of technique. They just became good actors. So, if you’re an actor who has to sing, you still have to learn how to get your voice to go high when you want it to go high, and hear the difference between this note and that note.

So, it’s not a given, believe me. It’s two completely different skill sets. Also, actors are often incredibly surprised to learn that, when I ask them to sing songs, they feel like they’re overacting. So, what happens is that—let’s say they’re acting, and the camera’s in front of their faces, and it’s more—today’s movies are very much realistic. The person who’s acting is not going like, “Oh, that hurts me so bad,” and over-exaggerating facial gestures and sounds, and being absolutely ridiculous and not believable. It’s very believable. Cameras are in their faces. When they move their eyebrow the tiniest amount, it’s a big deal. When their lip moves just a little bit, it’s a big deal. So, the camera creates a very, very close view for the viewer, so acting is a lot more subtle than, for example, if you were standing on a stage and doing Shakespeare, and the audience was way out there, and there were no cameras, and there were no mics.

So, singing is like over-acting, because there’s so much music. There’s the drummer, and the drummer’s going [drum imitation], and the drummer’s loud, and there’s a guitar player, and they’re going [guitar imitation], and that’s loud, and the bass player’s loud, [bass imitation]. There’s a lot of competition in the sound, in the music, of the song. So, when you go to sing, if you sing subtly, if you try to sing as if the camera was in your face, often you don’t sound emotional at all. So many times, I’ll take a great actor, and I’ll let them sing, and they sound like they have no emotion whatsoever, zero. They act with all this emotion, and then they go to sing, and they just sound boring and monotone and lifeless. It’s because the music swallowed them up, and I have to teach actors how to actually overact for singing, and that’s a skill set in its own. And you probably didn’t realize that, because you haven’t been faced with that task.

And so, it worked out beautifully with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, and the film won awards, and she won an Academy Award. And then, I moved into the film Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell, and that worked out beautifully, took more actors and taught them how to sing, and he won Academy Award for best actor of the year, and then I did Begin Again with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, and that worked out great and was a huge box office success. And my recent film that I just finished is with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, and it’s called A Star Is Born, and it literally—I took Bradley Cooper, who is an incredible actor, and I helped him find that part of his talent that was a singer, because he wasn’t singing before, and he transformed into this amazing singer. I can’t wait for you to see that film, because you are going to be blown away by how an actor had to become a singer.

And also, you need to understand something. Some of these people that I work with, Bradley and Joaquin—these are some of the hardest-working people in the world. Joaquin used to sit in front of a stereo for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours, and then, after he’d do that, he’d sit again and, for hours and hours and hours, listen to Johnny Cash and try to get all the sounds in. So, the work ethic that’s needed to become a great singer is a high work ethic, even if you are already a great actor.

And most people are more familiar with actors who suddenly decide they want to sing, but there’s plenty of singers who decided that they wanted to act. Justin Timberlake was a singer who became a good actor, Beyoncé—singer who became a good actor, Barbra Streisand—singer who became an amazing actor, JLo—singer, dancer, who became an amazing actor. But they worked their butts off to make it.

And here’s the other interesting thing. People think that, if you’re a good actor, then you’re probably a good singer, which—I’ve already dispelled that myth—and if you have that, maybe you’re also a good actor/singer/dancer. And if you’re a good actor/singer/dancer, well, then, you’re a triple threat. I know some of you have heard that phrase. “Well, if you want to make it in the music business, if you want to make it in the entertainment business, you’re going to need to be a triple threat,” which traditionally meant that you could sing, dance, and act. And if you could do all those three things, like Beyoncé, or like JLo, then you were going to up your chances dramatically to be a famous entertainer.

Nowadays, it’s even harder, believe it or not. I say, today, you need to learn how to do five things. You’ve got to be a five times threat. You need to be able to sing, dance, act, and then, you need to be able to write or co-write your own songs, so that you’re singing about things that you want to sing about. And after you learned how to sing, dance, act, and write or co-write, you have to learn how to market yourself, because you know how many times people come in to me, singers, and they’re like, “Look.” They look good, and they perform well, and they write great songs, but their record companies look at how many views they got on their videos, and “Oh, you only got 3,000 views on your latest video? Come back to me when you have 250,000 views.”

So, nowadays, singers have to learn, not only how to sing and dance and perform, which is part of acting, but also write, and also market themselves, because we live in a world where we’re not depending on the record company anymore. We can do a song in our basement, and then we can put it out on the Internet and have the opportunity of thousands, potentially millions, of people who say, “Roger, I really like that song. I really like the way that you sing.”

So, I’m not trying to scare any of you from wanting to become singers or entertainers or actors. I just want to dispel some of the myths, that people think that, if you can do one category, that somehow you’re going to find it super easy to do all the other categories. The answer is, you have to learn, learn from the best, learn the best techniques, and every time you learn something, when you learn to be a better dancer, you have better rhythm, you become a better singer. When you learn to be a better actor, you have more emotional control, and you learn to sing better, and you learn to use your body better. When you learn to write songs, or even co-write songs, you start to get your brain working, and then you have things that are really passionate that you want to say, which makes you a better singer, because you’re singing about things that you believe in, which makes you a better actor, because you believe in the words, which makes you a better dancer, because the things you believe in are more attached to your physiology. But the goal is to just be aware that you can learn so much, because the information is so readily available.

So, today we learned whether or not all actors can sing, whether or not all singers can act, and the answer is “no.” The great actors who want to be singers work and become great. The great singers who want to be actors work and become great. And the sky’s the limit. Whatever you want to happen with you, make it happen. I’m Roger Love, and I look forward to hearing you next time.

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I get it. You’re mad. Somebody did something to somebody, maybe even to you. It made you angry, and you don’t know how to get over it.

Your stomach is in knots. Your face is tight. Your blood pressure is boiling! But that doesn’t help you.

What can you do? The best thing you can do for yourself is learn how to defuse your own anger, so that you can get past it as fast as possible. That way, you can deal with whatever life throws at you from a rational, calm state of mind where problems can actually be solved.

So, how can you defuse your own anger? Let me give you some easy tips, in this video.

Watch this free training lesson for yourself, then spread it to all your friends. I promise you, the faster you can go from angry to calm to happy, the faster your life will get back on track, no matter how much anger tried to derail you.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the book Set Your Voice Free, and I get it. You’re mad. Somebody did something to somebody, to you, and it has made you mad, angry, and you don’t know how to get over it. Your stomach is tight. Your face is tight. Your blood pressure is boiling! You are angry, mad, out of control! How does that help you? It does not help you. What do you need to learn how to do? The fastest, best thing that you can do for yourself is to learn how to defuse your own anger, so that you can get past it as fast as possible, and then deal with whatever the situation is with rational non-anger from a beautiful place where you can actually solve problems.

But when you’re in the heat of that anger, it just seems impossible to slow that freight train down, because it’s going downhill at two hundred miles an hour. So, how do you do it? Let me give you some easy tips, because I promise you, the faster you learn to go from anger to happy is the better your life is going to be from moment to moment, day to day, year to year, and you’ll have a lifetime of happy instead of a lifetime of anger.
First thing to think about—when you get angry, your voice gets louder! Stop getting louder! You’re like, “Roger, how?” Stop getting louder! You could still be as angry as you want, but instantly pull the volume back. Just stop getting louder. Instantly, when you start to get mad, think, “Roger said to talk softer,” and that will help.

Number two, when you get angry, you take all the melody out of your voice, so you might be talking like this, “Oh, chocolate? I love chocolate.” And then, somebody ate your Easter egg, and then, suddenly, you’re one note on the piano. “Who ate my Easter egg? That Easter egg I was saving. I ate one bite a day thirty-two days in a row. That Easter egg was going to last me a month! Who ate it?” Everything becomes one note, so when you get angry, immediately tell yourself, “Boom! Softer. Boom! I’ve got to put the melody back in my voice, which means I’ve got to have some high notes and some low notes.” So, you’re using ascending melodies, melodies that go from low to high. “Someone took my Easter egg. Could it have been my brother? I really wish he wouldn’t have taken my Easter egg.” Just putting those melodies back in that go from low to high, ascending melodies, you’re going to be surprised how that totally changes your state, and it makes you think it’s almost funny in that second.

So, number one, you stop the volume. Number two, you add in melody. More specifically, you add in ascending melody. Number three, when you get angry, you’re going to realize that your stomach is super tight and motionless. So, what happens when your stomach is super tight and motionless? You’re holding your breath. When you hold your breath, the body goes into a bit of a state of shock, a little bit of a panic, like, “Oh, my God, you’re not going to breathe anymore, and you’re going to die!” So, there’s a little bit of a panic that sets in when you hold your breath. You don’t realize that you’re holding your breath, because you’re too angry, but if you weren’t so angry, you’d realize you were holding your stomach tight like rocks, so the brain is thinking, “Uh-oh, no air, no oxygen—we’re in trouble!”

All you need to do is, when you get angry, let your stomach start to come in. I always talk about diaphragmatic breathing, and you might as well learn it now, breathing in through your nose, pretending you have a balloon in your tummy. You fill up that balloon with air, and then, when you speak, your stomach comes back in. That’s called diaphragmatic breathing, and you can learn how to do that. But even if you don’t want to spend too much time on that, just tell yourself, “Boom! Let your stomach come back in.” Don’t keep your stomach stationary, because if you’re angry, and you let your stomach come back in, you increase blood flow. Now, all of a sudden, there is oxygen coming out of your lungs, heading towards your throat, and your brain doesn’t think you’re choking anymore. The brain doesn’t think you’re dying anymore. The brain suddenly gets oxygen.

So, what have I taught you so far? Boom! When you get angry, pull the volume back. When you get angry, add in melodies. When you get angry, let your stomach fall back into its normal position without being so tight. If you follow those three rules, you will almost immediately not sound angry anymore. When you start to hear yourself using melody, when you start to hear your volume come back down, when you start to feel the air coming through instead of holding your breath, you will actually sound less angry to yourself, which will calm you down even more. And even more importantly, you will sound less angry to the other people that you happen to be shouting and screaming out with no melody. So, you’ll sound better to yourself. You will sound better to them. And in seconds, not minutes, not hours, in seconds, by following these three very simple rules, you will be able to defuse your own anger in less than seven or ten seconds max, and you’ll be back on to living a happy life, having communications with people that don’t think you’re a crazy lunatic who is always flying off the handle and being made. Be happy. Lose the anger. You can do it.

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This video is about what it means to give voice to your dreams. Listen to hear about how one man went from sounding dull, monotone, and lacking energy to confident and intelligent, with just a little voice coaching!

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This video is about what it means to give voice to your dreams. I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and bestselling author of Set Your Voice Free. Most days, I honestly feel like the luckiest man in the world, because people come into my studio and ask me to help them turn their goals into reality. I’m there to make them sound incredible when they deliver the speech that’s about to go viral, or the song that’s going to go to the top of the charts, or the sales pitch that closes some multi-million-dollar deal. It all comes down to how they use their voice to move people to action and to change hearts and minds.

Your voice is the most important and powerful influence tool that you will ever possess, so please, let me give you an example of how discovering your perfect voice to change your life. I was in Hawaii, coaching Tony Robbins, when it all started. While Tony was up on stage, I was just standing in the back of the room, taking notes on how I could make his voice sound better when I worked with him later on that afternoon and the next morning. Suddenly, this very tall man came up to me and asked if I was Tony’s voice coach. I said, “Yes.” He told me that he was very unhappy with his voice, and that he wanted me to fix it. He said that, whenever he spoke to people, they would always just assume that he was unintelligent or lazy or unsuccessful, and that, whenever he met somebody new, they just instantly dismissed him as being kind of a goofy nobody. I listened to the way that he was speaking, and honestly, I understood exactly why people might be thinking that. His voice was just very dull, low, boring, monotone, and lifeless. He spoke very slowly and had a few strange accents all mixed together. He mumbled some of his words, and he had literally no energy at all.

So, we walked into the green room, and after about thirty minutes of working together, he sounded very much like a new person, so much more confident, intelligent, and successful. So, what did I do for him? I helped him find his perfect voice, and not just any random perfect voice—the one that was perfect for him, a voice that showcased what was good and special about him as an individual. He left that meeting with a new handle on life, full of confidence and charisma. He felt like a prince who had just been kissed, and who used to be a frog right before that kiss happened. He sounded like the great guy that he is, and that’s exactly the kind of transformation that I want to help you achieve.

And since our meeting so many years ago, he’s gone on to do amazing things in both the public and private spaces, including using his voice to inspire, motivate, and educate people all across the world. He took his restaurant chain from bringing in one hundred million dollars a year to more than five hundred million. But even more important to him, he was saving thousands of young people by helping them find their voices and change their lives. That was his passion. He wanted to help give a voice to people who hadn’t found theirs, young people that needed to find their sounds.

If you think you’ve got a message, a story, an idea, or a product that can change the world, but can’t understand why no one is listening to you, it’s time to improve your voice. When you sound more creative, innovative, and exciting, people will start to see you that way, as well. I want to help give voice to your dreams, so I made a special training series that you can watch right now, for free. Just go to rogerlove.com or click on the link below this video. Until we meet again, good luck, and great speaking.

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I just got back from doing a keynote for a fantastic Fortune 150 firm that is thinking outside the box to train their salespeople in a way that will blow the roof off industry expectations.

Does it surprise you that another industry giant hired me as a voice coach to train their sales people? If it does, that means you probably don’t know what we do about sales. Watch this video to learn more (and see what’s in it for you when you’re in the know).

Customers buy based on emotions, so you need to emotionally engage them if you want them to do business with you. How do you do that? Through the way you use your voice.

For decades, I’ve been teaching many of the world’s highest earners and achievers, from business to the entertainment industry, how to move others by using their voices.

Voice coaching isn’t just for singers. If you want to get the same results as rock stars—crowds who know your name, want to buy whatever you sell, tell all their friends about you, and camp out for any possible chance to see you in person—then you should train like the people who get those results through voice coaching.

Voice coaching isn’t just for singers.

Some people think that influence, communication and voice coaching is just for public or keynote speakers, but that’s a common misunderstanding, for two big reasons.

First, when you open your mouth to speak, and anyone is listening, they’re your public. That means we’re all public speakers.

Second, you’re a professional speaker if you have a job that requires you to speak to any other humans. For example, do you have to take orders or negotiate deals, talk to patients, speak to employees, talk to bosses, or even just greet the Internet installation worker when he or she comes to hook up your home office? Then you are a professional speaker because without sound coming out of your mouth, you couldn’t do your job.

There’s no way to escape needing your voice to succeed in life and work. It’s time to embrace this fact and start using your voice to your advantage!

Change your voice to improve the way people perceive you and how they feel emotionally when you speak to them.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and bestselling author of Set Your Voice Free. I’m working to make the world a better place, one voice at a time, starting with yours. I just got back from doing a keynote for fantastic Fortune 150 firm that is thinking outside the box to train their salespeople in a way that will just blow the roof off of industry expectations. Does it surprise you that another industry giant hired a voice coach like myself to train their sales people? Because if it does, that means you probably haven’t figured out what top firms and high performers know about sales.

They know that customers buy based on emotions, so we need to reach customers emotionally. How do we do it? Through the way we use our voice. That’s right, voice—it is the vehicle to making others know, like, and trust you. When you make your customers feel understood, prioritized, and taken care of, they are yours for life. They’ll stick with you when times are tough, and won’t always push you just to drop your prices. They know that you are worth every penny, and they would probably rather deal with you, even if you’re a little bit more expensive, because they’re committed to you.

Does that sound like the type of results that you’d like to give your customers, and the kind of loyalty and level of trust that you’d want them to place in you? Then you need to master the sounds you’re making when you’re speaking. We need you to be able to control the way others are feeling, based on the way your voice sounds. I figured all this out decades ago, and I’ve been teaching many of the world’s highest earners and achievers, from business to the entertainment industry, how to do exactly that, to move others by using their voice.

So, I flew out to this training conference and spent the week teaching the company’s entire sales division how to use their voice to establish lifetime customer relationships from the second that they open up their mouths. And by the way, these sales teams already know how to sell. They are the types of teams that most companies would look at and say, “Oh, if my salespeople could hit even half the goals that they make, I would be thrilled!” But you know what keeps people at the top? They’re always looking for the next best thing, the new cutting-edge insight or training that can take them beyond where they are now. And that’s the perfect way to describe voice and influence training for speakers.

Some people think that voice, influence, and communication coaching is just for public or keynote speakers, but that is just a common misunderstanding. First, we’re all public speakers. When you open your mouth to speak, and anyone is listening, you’re a public speaker. You might reply, “Yes, Roger, but I don’t get paid to speak, like actors or radio or blog hosts or motivational speakers.” But the truth is, you do get paid to speak. And the way you speak, the way you sound, is directly linked to your success and money-making powers in your personal and business life.

So, let me explain. You get paid to speak if you have a job that requires you to speak to any other humans. For example, do you have to take orders or negotiate deals, talk to patients, speak to employees, talk to bosses, or even just greet the Internet installation worker when he or she comes to hook up your home office? Then you, my friend, are a professional speaker, because without sound coming out of your mouth, you couldn’t do your job. So, you do get paid to speak, and how you sound absolutely determines your effectiveness and success, whether it’s in an interview, communicating with colleagues, pitching new clients, or accepting an industry award. There’s no way to just escape needing your voice to succeed in life and work.

So, I’m asking you. What are you doing to improve this critical component of your professional skill set? And how much more incredible would your life be if every communication you had worked out in your favor? These are some of the same questions that Fortune 150 questions ask me, and it’s why they called me specifically. They figured out, way ahead of their competitors, that voice coaching isn’t just for singers. If you want to get the same results as rock stars, crowds who know your name, want to buy whatever you sell, tell all their friends about you, and camp out for a little chance to see you in person, if you crave results like those, you should train like the people who get those results! If you want to start learning the same techniques that I teach my celebrity clients, I created a four-training-video series that you can get for free. Just go to rogerlove.com or click on the link below this video, and be sure to take advantage of those resources and start shaping your voice into the greatest tool for influence that you will ever own, because finding the perfect voice for you is possible. It’s easier than you think, and it could be your ticket to the top.

In fact, as I like to say, your perfect voice is just on the tip of your tongue. I’ll see you soon.

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Use this Vocal Profile when you want to communicate compassion, forgiveness, and kindness, especially when someone has hurt you.

These days, it seems like I can hardly turn on the TV or check in on social media without being blasted by media and messaging that’s harmful—intentionally and unintentionally. We hear so much violence, fear, hate and separation these days.

The voices in those ads, clips, and videos are saying things that upset, offend, and trigger us emotionally.

It seems that, instead of using the power of their voice to heal, unite, or inspire, these individuals are choosing to harm, divide, and diminish.

Which has me wondering…

How do we move forward in this type of environment?How can we be a voice for positivity and unity?

I believe it would benefit us all to learn how to communicate a very special type of sound, that I want to share with you today.

When you can effectively make these sounds in your speeches and interactions, they’ll become an effective tool for responding to the negative and harmful voices people might use around you.

No, I’m not going to show you how to use your voice to hurt others more than they’ve hurt you.

What I’m going to teach you is more powerful than that.

It’s also more productive, both for you and for everyone who hears you.

Today, I want to share with you the Vocal Profile for Forgiveness.

Listen to Roger Teach This Vocal Profile

I first introduced this vocal profile during a private group call with my mentorship group, Master Presenter. I’m sharing this recording with you now so that you can hear how I walk you through each Building Block of Voice that makes up the vocal profile. Please enjoy! –Roger

(If you need a quick refresher, remember that a “Vocal Profile” is like a recipe for how to mix the different components of voice, which I call the “Building Blocks of Voice.” The Building Blocks—pitch, pace, tone, melody, and volume—are like the ingredients and the “Vocal Profile” is like a cake, the outcome you get when you mix all the different ingredients together in a certain way.)

Pitch – 6 –

Forgiveness needs to be a little on the higher side of the pitch range. You want to give the impression that you’re happy to connect with them in a new and better way, forgetting about past mistakes. Being around a 6 on the pitch scale shows that you are so glad to be moving in a new happy, positive place in your relationship and understanding of each other.

Pace – 4 –

I want you to slow your pace down to about a 4, because I want your listeners to feel that you’re not rushing to accept something you’re not really content with. The slower pitch signals that you’ve thought about forgiving them, weighed all the options, given yourself time to make the right decision, and then told them they’re forgiven, calmly and thoughtfully.

Tone – 5 –

Your tone should be right in the middle of the scale.

You want to sound edgy and strong about your decision and the possibilities that may come from it, but you also want to have enough air mixed in to cushion the sound and make it more beautiful, because forgiveness is a beautiful thing. It comes from the heart with a promise that there are better times ahead, and that someone cares enough about them to forgive. It makes both parties involved feel lovely.

Melody – 4 –

I want you to use some melody, but not so much that you sound goofy. If you’re jumping all over the place with melody, it can sound like you’re too immature to know what forgiveness is, or that you haven’t put enough thought into your decision. Some melody makes you sound happy, and you are, but too much is just distracting and discrediting.

Volume – 5 –

Stay about a 4 on the Volume scale. If you are any softer than that, you won’t come across as committed to your choice of forgiveness. It takes a strong person to forgive. Weak people forgive less easily, because they’re too afraid of being hurt again, too distrustful that they’ll be strong enough to handle it emotionally.

A 5 on the melody scale tells people that you are committed, strong and able to take the good and the bad that occurs on the way towards an eventual better, fulfilling place.

Why You Need to Learn and Apply This Vocal Profile, Today

Whether your listener is a stranger, a colleague, or a loved one, being able to accurately express forgiveness is a gift you can give again and again, without ever losing its powers.

When you can master the sounds of forgiveness, you can communicate compassion and kindness in the face of wrongdoing. That way, the hurt and pain someone passed on to you doesn’t get shuffled forward. Instead, you stop it dead in its tracks.

The sounds of forgiveness are mighty enough to turn strangers into companions, unite broken families, and restore relationships.

Try it for yourself, and watch how your voice can become an instrument for good in the world.

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Summary

With email, chat, and texting, why do we need to learn how to communicate with our voices?

I believe your answer to that question can seriously impact how successful, influential, and happy you are now, and in the future.

In this video, I’m going to explain why it’s so easy to get swept up in believing that “the end of verbal communication is already here”, and how people who know how to use their voices to connect with others will be even more powerful in the future.

Key Takeaways

While we may use our voices less frequently in the future, verbal communication and personal connection are only going to become more important.

People who know how to use their voices to connect, emotionally move, and effectively engage with their listeners will hold the reigns of influence in their hands, especially when everyone else is depending on written words to get their point across.

You can control the way others perceive you and how you move them emotionally, just through the way you use your voice. (Want proof? Here’s scientific support for the dominant power of voice in communicating emotions.)

While written communication might be a part of what gets you considered for an opportunity, if you can’t masterfully speak and present yourself, getting what you want is still going to be exceptionally difficult.

When you recognize that voice is the most powerful tool for influence and impact that you have, you can tap into an unrivaled ability to change minds, hearts, and maybe even the world, through the way you instantly connect with others and make listeners like and trust you.

Building your voice is not just a personal benefit, it’s the ultimate professional advantage.

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Is verbal communication a lost art? With email and texting, do we really need to learn how to communicate with our voices anymore? I believe your answers to these questions can seriously impact how successful, influential, and happy you are now and in your future. I’m going to break down this topic for you to show you why it’s so easy to just get swept up believing that the end of verbal communication is already here!

I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and bestselling author of Set Your Voice Free. I’ve spent the last thirty years studying the potential of the human voice and helping celebrities and the not-yet-famous use their voices to maximize their influence and spread their ideas, their messages and products, across the world. If you’ve walked down the street in a major city lately, you know how you have to dodge people who are texting and emailing on their phones. We’re such a technology-dependent culture, it’s no wonder that people are starting to think we don’t need to communicate with our voices. But just because that myth is easy to believe doesn’t mean that buying into it is harmless.

I’ll go into that in a second, but first, let me put this belief in historical context, so you can see its flaws in a very new light, OK? Imagine if, after the invention of the printing press, when books became affordable enough that the masses could buy their own copies, if people had said, “Oh, now that we can share our ideas and communicate with books, we don’t need to talk anymore. Verbal communication is out. Books are in.”

OK, I understand that sounds pretty silly when you think of it that way, doesn’t it? And we know that innovations in printing didn’t stop the invention and success of verbal communication formats like radio and television and podcasts. And we can also agree that trying to communicate through email and texting has its limitations. So, that’s why emojis are so popular. We’re trying to add some spark, emotion, fun, and life into our texts with these little funny characters, because more often than not, we realize the words themselves are boring as heck.

Texting doesn’t allow you to use the building blocks of voice, the pitch, the pace, the tone, the melodies, the volumes, so it’s too easy for our messages to just be misunderstood. So, while we might be using our voices less frequently, that doesn’t make great speaking skills irrelevant. In fact, I believe that verbal communication and personal connection are going to become more important in the future, and the individuals with the ability to use their voices to connect emotionally, move and effectively engage with their audience, will hold the reins of influence in their hands.

Why is that? What difference do great speaking/communication skills make today, even in a world dominated by email? Let me give you a professional example. We’re not competing with our college classmates or the people in our town for jobs anymore. Instead, if you want an incredible job or a prestigious title or influential position, you have to compete with people from everywhere. There’s so much talent available nowadays, and people are moving around the country or around the world to take a job. In many cases, who gets admitted or hired just comes down to how well that individual emotionally and socially interacts with the company’s culture or current employees. This is the whole “fit” buzzword you hear recruiters and headhunters all using all the time now. They also call it the “personality factor.” And those terms matter, because big firms and leading companies are using those variables to make the final decisions on hiring and promotions.

Bottom line—in today’s world, an amazing résumé, fantastic experience, and fancy degrees are still not enough to get you in if you can’t pass the “fit” test. This is why so many bright professionals are calling me to ask, “How can I show that I am the right fit?” My answer is always the same, “through your ability to connect with, emotionally engage, and control the way your interviewers perceive you,” which, of course, depends on the sounds you make with your voice. This is really critical, so let me go a little deeper here.

When you speak to someone, sound waves actually leave your mouth and travel in the air until they vibrate the bodies of anyone who hears you. The vibrations they feel are interpreted by the brain and turned into thoughts, memories, and emotions. That’s part of the reason why you feel sad when you hear a blues song or excited when you hear a dance track play on the radio. There are specific types of sound waves that make people feel certain ways, and when you have control over your voice, you can engineer the ones you want to produce in a given situation.

Did the job application ask for “innovative, responsible, and energetic”? Well, your voice can communicate those emotions. How about “clear-headed, confident, and strategic”? Yes, your voice can make those sounds, too. Fact is, you can control the way others perceive you and how to move them emotionally, just through the way you use your voice. This is how you showcase your authentic self, how unforgettable and how valuable you are, and convince the decision-makers to move in your favor.

Voice training’s not just a personal benefit. It’s a professional advantage. And while written communication might be a part of what gets you in the door, if you can’t masterfully speak and present yourself, getting the offer, contract, or deal is going to be exceptionally difficult. You need to see that there is a big risk ahead, and along with it, a massive opportunity for anyone who sees and hears the truth. If you can’t recognize and utilize the power of your voice, the most important communication tool you possess, then your future professional career and your personal life are at risk, based on your inability to influence and emotionally connect with people.

Now, for the opportunity—if you recognize that voice is the most powerful tool for influence and impact that you have, the world is in your hands, or more specifically, right there on the tip of your tongue. You’ll have an unrivaled ability to change minds, hearts, and maybe even the world through the way you instantly connect with others and make listeners like and trust you from the moment you start speaking. I look forward to hearing your voice and about all the wonderful accomplishments that you’ll learn. Until then, you can find free voice training resources at rogerlove.com. So, here’s wishing you good luck and great speaking.

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In the earlier video I made about vibrato, I taught you that using this technique when you sing will help you sound professional, and add variety and style to your voice and music.

After 75,000 people watched that first vibrato lesson and asked for more, I decided to make this blog.

You asked for it…so here it is! Welcome to my “Guide to Advanced Vibrato Techniques.”

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the bestselling book Set Your Voice Free. Today, I want to talk about advanced vibrato techniques. Now, first, let me explain what vibrato is for those of you that are not sure. When you listen to a singer hold out a note, they are either holding it out straight, [sings], or there’s a little wiggle in it, [sings]. That wiggle is called “vibrato,” and it’s a very, very specific type of wiggle, one that starts on the note, [sings], and then goes a little bit higher than the note, and then goes a little bit lower than the note, and then goes higher than the note and lower than the note.

So, when you’re doing vibrato, you literally are going [sings]. That wiggle is going above and below the main note you’re singing. Why in the world would you want to go up and down when you’re trying to hit a note? Why would you want to wiggle like that? Here’s why. When people listen to singers, the number one thing that makes the listener decide whether the person is a good singer or a bad singer is actually vibrato. This is scientifically proven. People can’t hear all the little subtleties in the voice. They can’t hear when you’re a little bit too high, which is sharp, or a little bit too low, which is flat. But when you’re making a sound that has a wiggle in it like that, [sings], they hear it, and they are affected by it, and the sound makes them feel a certain way. And they have already pre-judged in their minds that the singers that have vibrato are good singers, and the singers that do not have vibrato are not good singers, never having been trained, not born with vibrato. You do not want to fit into that category.

You need to sound like a great singer, even if you have sort of an average voice. Maybe you don’t think you’re Mariah Carey, that you’re Ariana Grande, that you’re Bruno Mars, yet. If I add the right kind of vibrato to your voice, the people listening to you will think, “Wow, she reminds me so much of Ariana Grande. He reminds me so much of Bruno Mars,” because that’s how their ears pick out that very, very distinctive sound of vibrato.

OK, so now, I want to teach you more about it, and then I want to give you some ideas how you could make it happen in your voice, advanced ideas. First of all, sometimes, when you hear people make a wiggle, that wiggle doesn’t go higher and lower than the note. Check this out. Here is straight, [sings]. Now, here’s a wiggle, but I’m wiggling on the same note, [sings shakily]. I’m not going [sings]. I’m going to slow it down, [sings], higher and lower, same note, [sings shakily]. Sounds like a machine gun just hit your ear! That’s what a lot of people try to use and masquerade as if it was vibrato, but it isn’t vibrato, because by definition, if you’re just wiggling the same note, “pleaaase, IIII caaan’t”—then you sound like you should get back in the field with the rest of the sheep, instead of onstage in front of a microphone and having people listen to you. Vibrato, by definition, is not that blurting of one note, [sings shakily]. It is going up and down, [sings].

So, if you were on a piano, the vibrato would be like this. I’m one note on a white key, one note on a black key, and you’d be going [piano imitation] and then you’d be at the bottom, [piano imitation]. You’d actually need three fingers to make vibrato on a piano. How many fingers would you need to make the sheep wiggle? [Sings shakily] one, so it’s not vibrato. And yet, a lot of singers—I mean, I grew up, and Stevie Nicks sounded like this, “uhuhuhuh, yeah, my love, and I was aaaaaalll,” and Madonna sounded like that, “uhuhuhuhuh,” that they got into thinking that was vibrato, because nobody told them any otherwise. So, I’m telling you otherwise.

You can’t do that sheep thing. You can’t do that goat boy thing from Saturday Night Live. You’ve got to go up and down. So, what’s the main thing that takes you from going [sings], that fast one-note thing, to a vibrato that has melody, that goes up and down? The way you breathe. The way you breathe makes all the difference in the world.

Most people who are doing that sheep fake vibrato are tightening their stomachs, so with the stomach tight, they’re basically holding their breath. So, when you try to make vibrato, which is an air thing, you need control over the air to make vibrato. But if your stomach is tight, you don’t have control over that air. So, the first advanced technique to get better at vibrato is to finally make sure that you are breathing in a way that makes vibrato happen. What’s that way? Breathing in through the nose, pretending you have a balloon in your tummy—you fill up that balloon with air, and then while you’re trying to make that vibrato, you let your stomach come in slowly, [sings]. You can’t make vibrato when your stomach stops. Watch this, [sings]. You see, I’m only making vibrato while my stomach was coming in. So, stop trying to make vibrato with a stationary stomach. Stop trying to make vibrato with your muscles all tight. You have to breathe in through your nose, let your tummy come forward, and then practice the vibrato, [sings], by letting your stomach come in.

Now, when I make vibrato, I literally feel air bursts hit the very back part of the roof of my mouth, and I want you to experience that right now for yourself, so you’ll understand the difference. So, make a fist and put it right here, this part of your body, and then take your hand right here and put it on top of your fist. You’re going to go like this, [sings]. You’re literally going to push the top part of your tummy in, [sings]. Do it with me now, [sings]. Now, next time you’re going to do it, you’re going to not focus on what your hands are doing. You’re going to focus on, “Am I feeling the air bursts hit the very back part of the roof of my mouth?” The air that I’m pushing—do I feel it hit right here? Because that’s where vibrato feels. And if you’re not feeling any air hit here, you’re not making vibrato, because when I go, [sings shakily], I don’t feel it there, but when I go like this, [sings], I feel the air bursts come from my lungs and head up to the top part of the roof of my mouth. Do it, and focus on whether or not you feel it. Let’s do it right now, [sings]. Do you feel the air hit there? Or try this, [sings], called the finger shake point, [sings], trying to make one beat for every time your finger goes, [sings].

So, you can try it with this or with this, but the goal is, can you make the air bursts hit the top part of the roof of the mouth? Also, why would we not want that fast sheep/goat-like thing? Well, when your vibrato is too fast, or that fake vibrato, when it’s fast, it makes your voice sound nervous. It makes you sound like you’re a nervous singer. So, when you hear somebody sing, “Pleeeaase goooo, IIII caaaan’t”—it’s not only aggressive and unattractive. It makes you sound nervous, and it literally makes the people who listen to you feel more nervous, whereas vibrato, which has actually been clocked at six oscillations per second—check this out. That means that, if it was a wave, it would go up and down and up and down and up and down six times in a second, and that sounds like this, [sings]. Here I’m going to slow it down a little. I’m going to go to four, [sings]. Now I’m going to three, [sings]. Now I’m going to go to two, [sings].

You see that the speed of my vibrato actually creates different emotions. So, when you hear someone with a slow vibrato, “I loooove you,” you’re thinking, “How did that person escape from the old age home, and what are they doing on the corner singing?” because their voice sounds old. Their voice sounds tired. So, the slower your vibrato, the more it aggravates your listeners. The faster your vibrato, the more it starts to make your audience nervous. [Sings], six, nice. I’m going to go faster now. I’m going to go to eight, [sings]. It starts to sound a little nervous. I’m going to go a little faster, even, [sings], [sings]—again, off the charts, nervous, irritating—that’s not the kind of sound that’s going to make people think, “Wow, you’re quite the singing star.” So, the speed of the vibrato does make all the difference.

Also, you’re going to listen to people that you love. I want you to start paying attention to the singers that you love. Listen to Ariana Grande. Listen to Bruno Mars. Their vibrato is actually exactly on the money of six oscillations per second. You don’t have to judge it. You just have to listen to it and try to imitate it. So, the goal for vibrato is to learn to get the right speed from it. How? By making sure that you’re letting your stomach come in when you’re making vibrato, by making sure that you feel the air bursts hit here.

Also, when you’re in the early stages of vibrato, you’ll only be able to do it when you hold out long notes, “Gooooo,” but as you get used to it, and as you play with it, you’ll be able to put vibrato in on little, tiny words, “And so I hear you call, and now I’ll go because I can, and I’ll put vibrato in some short words,” and then you can just have it as a beautiful seasoning that really makes people understand that your voice is special. Your voice is a little different.

Here’s something else you didn’t know about vibrato. It’s scientifically impossible to hold out a note and keep it straight without going flat, without going too low, [sings, goes flat]. It just naturally goes flat. It goes low. “Pleeeaaaase”—it just starts to wander down, and now you’re singing, but you’re on the wrong note. Vibrato was originally created just for that reason, so that, instead of trying to sing one note, [sings, goes flat], vibrato is three notes, and it’s like a shotgun. When you try to shoot skeet with a bullet, boom, it’s way harder to hit it, because the bullet’s only this big. When you get a shotgun out, and you hit skeet, the pellets in the shotgun open up, and they spread out, so now you really can easily hit your target. It’s the same thing with vibrato. By having three notes, it’s like a shotgun blast. Now, the note that you want to hit is somewhere in there. Good shootin’ there! So, you don’t have to hit the note so perfectly if you have vibrato. Vibrato keeps you in the right place.

So, check this out. My note is here, [sings], going flat, [sings]—now I can hold it for as long as I want and never go to the wrong note, because I’ve created this wave that keeps me on pitch. That’s one of the main reasons we use vibrato. It keeps us on the top side of the pitch, which makes us sound happier, which makes us sound thicker, which makes the voice more resonant, and it stops us from singing the wrong notes. It gives us a wider band where we’re not making any mistakes, so all of the notes you sing when the vibrato happens—it just makes your voice sound more beautiful, more full, more round, more on the notes.

I really want you to think about vibrato like this. If you’ve given up vibrato because you think you had to be born with it, that’s an absolute lie. No one is born with vibrato. Everyone, when they are young, who gets vibrato, finds someone that they are listening to who has beautiful vibrato, and they imitate it, and they practice, and they imitate, and they imitate, and every time they’re singing along with a great singer, they’re imitating it, and they’re teaching themselves vibrato. No one—Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé—no one was born with vibrato. They imitated it, and that’s going to be your ticket to go from sounding mediocre and flat and off-pitch to sounding like you were trained or born with an amazing voice that not only hits the notes, but the resonance of the voice is beautiful, round, full, thick, and strong.

And that’s the key to having advanced vibrato. Play around with this. Focus on the breathing. Understand that you can do it if you imitate great singers and you stay with the tips that I’ve given you today. So, until the next time we meet, [singing] “I’ll be listening for youuuuu!” See you then!

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]]>In the earlier video I made about vibrato, I taught you that using this technique when you sing will help you sound professional, and add variety and style to your voice and music.In the earlier video I made about vibrato, I taught you that using this technique when you sing will help you sound professional, and add variety and style to your voice and music.Vocal Strategy with Roger Loveclean16:196 Singing Tips for your Best Karaoke Performance Everhttps://rogerlove.com/singing-tips-to-impress-your-friends-at-karaoke-night/
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Karaoke is about more than just standing up and half-botching the words to someone else’s songs.

Karaoke is about making memories with friends in a fun setting. It’s working up the courage to share your singing abilities in public. It’s connecting sonically with other people.

To help you have the best karaoke night ever, here are six singing tips to master. Get ready to watch everyone’s jaw drop before they start chanting, “Encore! Encore!”

1. Practice is how singers improve.

Find some karaoke versions of songs you like on YouTube and practice before you get up to perform them live at karaoke night. Don’t forget to get familiar with the lyrics, too, even if you don’t completely memorize them.

2. Pick songs that work for your voice.

If your voice is naturally low, for instance, pick artists and songs that you can already do justice to.

3. Remember your diaphragmatic breathing.

You’ll need good breath control to get all the way through the song sounding strong and on key.

Drinking more water is especially important if you are going to have alcohol at the karaoke venue. Booze will dehydrate your cords, making it harder for them to perform at their peak. Try to intake about a half-gallon of water the day before and day of karaoke, then drink two glasses of water to every one serving of alcohol you drink at the venue.

5. Mind your volume

Amateur singers tend to get louder in volume when they try to hit higher notes. That’s very hard on your vocal cords. Instead, keep your volume constant when you aim for higher keys.

6. Stop Going Wide

Watch yourself in a mirror as you practice your songs to check that you’re not going wide with the corners of your mouth when you sing higher notes. Widening your lips negatively impacts your pronunciation of the lyrics.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the bestselling book Set Your Voice Free. Tonight’s the night. You’re going to get together with your friends. What are you going to do? You’re going to go out and sing karaoke, and you love it! You drink. You laugh. You party. Everybody has a good time. But I want to give you some tips right now to make sure that you have an even better time, and to make sure that, when you get up to sing, you just happen to sound like the absolute best singer of the night.

Now, I know the whole culture of karaoke in Japan is not about who sounds the best, but I’m telling you that, when you get up, and you sing your butt off, and everybody is like, “Wow, that was incredible! I can’t believe—you sound like Bruno Mars! You sound like Beyoncé! Man, you should be a professional singer!”—when they say things to you like that, or just, “Wow, that was amazing. Can I buy you a drink?” or “Wow, that was incredible. Please sit next to me and talk to me”—when they appreciate the way that you perform, it feels good. It feels great. So, let me set you up so that you’ll get the drinks bought for you. They’ll all want to sit down next to you. You will be the life of the party tonight.

First of all, singers sound good for one very important reason. They practice! They don’t just wing it. A singer doesn’t get up on a stage at a concert and sing a song that they’ve never sung before. They have practiced! Even the greatest singers, the more great they are, the more practice that goes on before they actually get up in front of people. And you’re like, “Well, Roger, I don’t have a karaoke system at the house. How could I practice?” I say, “That is baloney. You go online. You go to YouTube. There’s a billion songs. Almost every song you would ever want to sing is on YouTube Karaoke. You just go up to YouTube, and you type in the song, “such-and-such song karaoke,” and then all of a sudden, fifty versions will come up, all free. You don’t have to pay for them. And then, you will be able to have versions that have the lyrics, have versions that you can sing along with other people, have versions that—all different choices, and you are going to start, on a regular basis, today and any other day that you’re thinking you’re going to do karaoke—you’re going to start preparing by picking songs that you love, and not only picking songs that you love. Let’s make sure that you actually sound good on the ones you picked.

So, let’s say you have a low voice. Well, then, stop picking all Bruno Mars songs! Let’s say you have a high voice. Well, then, stop picking artists that sing all low. First, find songs that, without any vocal training, you just immediately connect with, and you just sound better, because they sit in the right place on your voice. If it’s a low song, and you sing low, then that’s a great song for you. So, how are you going to know? Because you’re going to pick all the songs you like. You’re going to sing along with them, and you’re going to know whether you hit all the high notes and the low notes or whether you don’t. But no matter what, even on the ones—if you sound great on all of them, you’re going to pick the ones that you sound even better on, and you’re going to practice those over and over.

Do you have to memorize the lyrics? No, of course, the lyrics will be streaming at the karaoke place. But you could practice so that nothing is a surprise. You can get familiar with the lyrics. And like I said, you will know whether that’s a good song or not based on whether or not you can hit all the high notes or the low notes. Here’s some things that will help you hit the low notes and the high notes.

Focus on diaphragmatic breathing. Remember, you’re supposed to breathe in through your nose, not your mouth. You’re supposed to keep your lips closed, breathe in through your nose, pretend that you have a balloon in your abdomen, fill it up with air, and then, when you sing, your abdomen is supposed to come back in. That’s diaphragmatic breathing. If you’re NOT breathing diaphragmatically, you’re always going to be short of breath. You’re not going to have enough air to get through the song or hit the high notes and the low notes. So, make sure that you’re trying to do diaphragmatic breathing: breathing in through your nose, filling up your abdomen with air, and then singing while your stomach is coming back in. That’s really important.

Also, you should be drinking a ton of water on the day that you’re going to go sing karaoke, because I want your vocal cords to be very hydrated. I want them to be moist and lubricated, because you and I both know what’s probably going to happen when you get to that place. You’re going to start drinking. Maybe it’s a beer. Maybe it’s a glass of wine. Maybe it’s something stronger. Well, what is that alcohol going to do? It’s going to dehydrate you. So, the longer you are waiting to get up to do your song that you’ve practiced all day, the more you drink and the more your body gets dehydrated, so your vocal cords are not happy. And while you’re trying to build up your confidence and power, you’re actually breaking down your vocal cords, so be drinking a lot of water.

I’m not saying you can’t drink at all, but let’s say, if you have a glass of wine, then have two glasses of water. If you have a beer, then have a glass of water. Just try to offset however much alcohol you’re drinking with water, and take as many trips as you want to the bathroom to make that happen.

OK, so you’re drinking a lot. You’ve gone on YouTube, and you practiced the songs that you think will not surprise you, because you can hit all the high notes. You’re getting the breathing right. What else can you do? You can stop getting louder when you go to hit the top notes. Most people start a song down here, and they’re singing down low, and they have a particular volume, and then the notes start to get higher, and then they get louder, and they start shouting. When you get louder trying to reach the high notes, you basically send so much air to the vocal cords that the vocal cords freak out! If you just go for the high notes without getting louder, you have a seventy-five percent greater chance of hitting the high notes, so stop getting louder when you go to hit the high notes. Keep your volume the same.

Second, stop going wide with the corners of your mouthwhen you go to sing the high notes. People are like, “I love you down here. I love you so much,” and then the notes get higher, and it’s like, “I love, I love you so much.” All of a sudden, everything’s like, “Aa.” The corners of the mouth go wide, and it’s nasal, and you’re what’s called “splatting.” Stop going wide with the corners of your mouth. Drop your jaw down on the high notes and keep the corners of your mouth in. That will up your chances, again, another fifty to seventy-five percent, as to whether you can hit the high notes. So, you’re down low, and your mouth goes like this, “Looooove,” and then when you go up high, you do the same thing with your mouth, “Looooove,” not “looooove.” Sounds bad, and you’re not singing about “lav” anyways. You’re singing about love.

So, to summarize: focus on your breathing, practice during the day, don’t getting louder as you hit the high notes, drink tons of water in between whatever alcohol you’re drinking, and don’t going wide with the corners of your mouth. All of those things will really guarantee that when it’s your turn, you’re doing a song that you practiced. You’re breathing right. Your vocal cords are hydrated. You are going to sing two hundred percent, maybe five hundred percent, better than you would have without all of those things.

Your friends, who already love you, are going to love you more. Your friends, who already appreciate you, are going to appreciate new talents that they have never seen come out of you, and your confidence will soar! Tonight is going to be your night. Enjoy it. Karaoke all you want. With these tips, you’re going to be amazing.

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3. Squeaky Hinge (aka, “creaky” sounds)

What it is: happens when the vocal cords are vibrating, but there’s insufficient amounts of air coming through

Some famous singers associated with this sound: countless country singers

Why imitating this sound could hurt your voice: vocal cords get red and puffy and swollen when you sing like this

How to safely make this sound:

Learn how to do diaphragmatic breathing.

Learn to sing loud while still having some air coming through.

4. Nasal

What it is: When you’re creating too much resonance in your nose all the time, and your Adam’s apple is always high.

Some famous singers associated with this sound: Patti Labelle

Why imitating this sound could hurt your voice: When your Adam’s apple is high, your throat is partially closed, which makes it harder on your voice to perform the way it’s designed to.

How to safely get this sound in your singing voice: Learn to sing the songs with a lowered Adam’s apple, then only add the nasal effect as desired for style.

5. Jaw-wiggle vibrato:

What it is: Quickly bouncing your jaw up and down while sustaining a note in an effort to create vibrato

Some famous singers associated with this sound: Whitney Houston

Why imitating this sound could hurt your voice: creates strain in the muscles of the jaw that you need to keep relaxed in order to sing without pressure.

How to safely get this sound in your singing voice: Learn proper vibrato techniques that use airflow instead of jaw tightening to create the effect without tightness or muscle pressure. (Here is a lesson to help you learn vibrato!)

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the bestselling book Set Your Voice Free. Today, I want to talk to you about certain celebrity singing styles that could ruin your voice. As a singer, we all grow up imitating other singers. I used to love Stevie Wonder, and I would just sing Stevie Wonder songs, and when he went up high, I would go up high. When he would go down low, I would go down low. And the techniques that I was learning as a young person allowed me to access all of that range, chest voice down low, middle voice in the middle, and head voice when it went up high.

But a lot of people who are singing very, very range-y songs or imitating other artists who sing super high, for example, Bruno Mars, who sings very much like Stevie Wonder does in the same ranges—if you’re trying to sing along with a Bruno Mars song and you don’t have a great middle voice and a great head voice, then you are straining as you go from the low notes to the high notes. You’ve got your stomach tight. You don’t have the breathing down. You’ve got your face all tense. Your two eyebrows have become one eyebrow. Your butt cheeks are pressed up against each other, because you have so much tension, and you’re stuck in chest voice. So, Bruno is soaring above the clouds with all of the notes he’s hitting, and you’re stuck planted in the ground in chest voice and straining and shouting.

Well, if you’re doing that, you are straining your voice, and you need to learn how to do the middle voice and the head voice. There’s lots of techniques that can mess up your voice that you’re hearing other celebrities do. For example, there are a lot of celebrities that sing quite airy. A number of my students do. Let’s take Selena Gomez, who I love, and the songs are great, and she sings them beautifully, and she sings some of them very airy, “can’t keep my hands to myself.” So, if you’re trying to sing all of your songs airy, all day, all night, trying to be like Selena, you are actually making your vocal cords super dry, because all of that extra air is like creating a wind burn effect on your cords. All that air is making your beautiful pink cords red and puffy and swollen. So, can you sing airy? Yes, once you’ve learned how to do diaphragmatic breathing, when you control how to get amazing amounts of air in and how to get amazing amounts of air out. When you have diaphragmatic breathing, it’s easier to sing airy. But nobody, including Selena, can sing airy all the time, so be careful when you’re singing too airy that you don’t dry out your throat, and be drinking lots of water. And like I said, learn how to do diaphragmatic breathing, and it will be easier.

Now, in country, there’s a lot of this sound, which I call the squeaky hinge. “I’m here for you, baby. Aaaaah.” And that sound might be really cool if you’re sitting on the porch with a country singer, and they’re playing the guitar, and they’re addressing their beautiful song to you. But actually, that sound happens when the vocal cords are vibrating, but there’s insufficient amounts of air coming through, so then your vocal cords get red and puffy and swollen when you sing like this, even if it’s cool. So, OK, it’s cool. You still need to learn how to do diaphragmatic breathing. You still need to learn to sing up loud enough that you have some air coming through. Use cool sounds sparingly if you already know they’re hard on your voice.

Also, a lot of singers sing in their nose, not just country artists. They’re singing like this. It’s a style where everything goes in your nose, and it’s become quite popular. I just came back from Nashville, and I went to the Grand Ole Opry. It was a beautiful night. We had such a great time. But a lot of the singers were singing in their nose. Well, so, again, cool sometimes, but when you’re stuck in your nose singing all the time, your Adam’s apple is always high, and when your Adam’s apple is high, your throat’s closed, so actually, you’re making it harder on your voice. And if you keep singing only in your nose with your Adam’s apple up, your throat gets more closed and more closed and more closed, and then your vocal cords get red and puffy and swollen, and you’re singing like you have a cold all the time, and your voice isn’t healthy. So, again, you like a little bit of nasality? Great, use it sparingly. You like a lot of airy sounds? Great, use it sparingly. You like high notes? Learn how to do chest, middle, and head.

There are singers that have become superstar singers. I remember Whitney Houston used to do this with her vibrato. She would shake her jaw. And if you see some singers, you watch them. They’ll do the same thing. “And I— will always love you—,” and they’re dropping their jaw like that, trying to make vibrato. And you’re like, “Why are they doing that? Is that OK?” And then suddenly, you’re doing that with your jaw, “I—,” trying to make vibrato. But doing that with your jaw creates a ton of pressure in your jaw, and that pressure, that tension, goes right here to the strap muscles, which control the position of the larynx. So, if you’re all tight with your jaw, trying to shake it up and down, you’re actually putting pressure on the muscles that control the opening and closing of your throat, and the fact that your Adam’s apple comes up and down, and what the vocal cords are doing. So, if you do things that put pressure on your jaw, you’re straining your voice, so don’t learn how to do vibrato like that.

Be careful that, when you are imitating sounds that you hear other artists doing, if you feel pain or strain from those sounds, you need to stop, try to figure out what sound it is—is there a way to lower your Adam’s apple, so that that opens up your throat? Is there a way to stop tightening your stomach and do diaphragmatic breathing? Is there a way to go into middle voice or head voice to take away the pressure? Are they singing so loud that, if you just sang a little softer, you’d have seventy-five percent less pressure? You have to be smart about this.

So, the key things to pay attention to—straining by imitating the styles you like. You might love rock singers who have this kind of a sound. Oh, they’ve got this kind of thing where they have all this crunchy “I just ate razor blades for breakfast” kind of a voice, and you’re like, “Wow, that’s cool. I want to do that. I want to sound like I grew up on the street. I don’t want to sound like I grew up on the streets of Beverly Hills. That’s not cool.” So, to get that kind of sound like that, again, hard on the vocal cords—can you make that sound? Yes! Is it easier when you do diaphragmatic breathing? Yes. Should you only do it in moderation? Yes. I want you to have a voice that is full of style and sounds amazing, and I want you to be able to imitate and sing along with all the artists that you love. I just want you to do it without creating any pressure here, keeping your Adam’s apple down, learning how to do diaphragmatic breathing, going from chest to middle to head, and then you will not ruin your voice by singing along with singers that have potential of ruining their voices, along with your voices.

Follow these very simple rules that I have given you today, and your voice will be amazing. You will find your style, and you will sound incredible and never ruin your voice. I’m Roger Love, and I can’t wait to listen to you and talk to you again.

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To add extra power to your presentations and better connect with your audience, you need to master physiology and stage movement techniques.

In this lesson from America’s number one vocal coach, Roger Love explains how to make the most of your presentation space—whether you’re in a small room or on a massive stage.

Want to know where to look if there are cameras filming you or how to better connect with your audience members, even under bright lights? Then this lesson is for you, too!

Watch, learn, apply and enjoy these advantages starting right now!

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Do you ever wonder how other people hear you?

The sound of your voice is different depending on if it is going away from or towards your body. This means that the way your audience hears you will be different than how you hear yourself.

How do you practice so that the audience hears you the exact way you want to be heard? America’s number one voice coach, Roger Love, will answer that question in this video lesson.

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Singers know they need a voice coach to tune their voice and make it big. Speakers use the same instrument—their voice—but often overlook voice coaching as a critical element of becoming better speakers. That’s where the world’s greatest speakers set themselves apart.

Roger Love is Hollywood’s go-to coach for professional speakers and singers. In this video lesson, he shares the five ingredients of vocal strategy that his students depend on to make their mark in the world. Each of these ingredients is mixed together to produce the most enticing entrée for an audience’s ears. This is a form of vocal alchemy and you can use these same insights to turn tinny voices into gold!

People may not remember the words you use but they will remember the way you make them feel. Watch this video lesson for your first introduction to the Building Blocks of Voice.

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The human voice is actually three voices in one! In order to join the ranks of renowned communicators, you need to understand, access, and effectively use each of these three voices.

In this lesson, America’s number one voice coach, Roger Love, will reveal these three distinct voices and how to begin adding them to your own vocal arsenal starting today.

Here’s why this lesson is so powerful: Each voice creates certain sounds that correlate with specific emotions. When you have control of each of the three voices, you can inspire, uplift, ignite or move an audience into action by making them feel things emotionally.

All this power is waiting for you on the tip of your tongue! So what are you waiting for? Watch, learn, and enjoy!

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Your voice is a musical instrument. But most speakers are so focused on the music they’re trying to create that they forget what’s behind the sounds—air!

It all boils down to this: Great voice control depends on great breath control!

In this vocal strategy insight from America’s number one voice coach, Roger Love explains how great breathing technique is the secret that will breathe charisma into your communications.

Watch, apply, and enjoy the benefits—starting right now!

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It all boils down to this: Great voice control depends on great breath control!…Vocal Strategy with Roger Loveclean4:02Five Professional Audition Tips You Need to Know Nowhttps://rogerlove.com/five-professional-audition-tips/
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Making a name for yourself in the music industry requires that you are not only a talented singer but that you are also great at auditioning. Think about it, if you can’t impress a casting director, club owner or record company in two minutes, how can you ever get the singing gigs you need to showcase you in front of thousands of soon-to-be super fans?

I’ve been fortunate to help countless celebrities achieve their singing dreams during my thirty-plus years as a voice coach. Now, I want to help you, too! Enjoy these five veteran tips for auditioning, put them into practice, and post a comment or tweet me @RogerLove1 to tell me how your audition went!

I’m here to help you make your future as bright as you want it to be. So today I’m going to show you five tips that top performers know about auditioning so you can get your dream gig!

Determine what the audition host wants

Select your song length

Don’t arrive empty-handed

Know how to start and end

Practice good audition etiquette

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours.

Making a name for yourself in the music industry requires that you are not only a talented singer but that you are also great at auditioning. Think about it, if you can’t impress a casting director, club owner or record company in two minutes, how can you ever get the singing gigs you need to showcase you in front of thousands of soon-to-be super fans?

I’m here to help you make your future as bright as you want it to be. So today I’m going to show you five tips that top performers know about auditioning so you can get your dream gig! These insights are based on over thirty-years of experience working with celebrities all over the world including from my studios in New York and Los Angeles.

First, determine what the audition host wants.

For example, are they requesting a Broadway, pop, or rock song? A great audition needs to fulfill the preliminary requests so if you find the information about the audition online or from a friend, be very careful to note what style of music they’re looking to hear and how long your song can last. If you have an amazing rock song but show up for a pop-style audition, you could have already squashed your chances of getting called back.

Second, select your song length.

Having the right length of song is incredibly important for auditions. Contrary to popular opinion, shorter songs are better! For example, some auditions only want 16 bars of the song or just a verse and a chorus. Carefully read the audition information to see if there’s a particular length of song that you have to meet or a maximum length that you can’t exceed. Then, time out your version of the song to make sure that you never go over the limit.

Third, don’t arrive empty-handed.

The most important thing to bring to an audition—besides a warmed-up voice and a bottle of water—is your accompaniment track, in your key, exactly where you want it to start and end, excluding any parts you don’t want to sing. Sheet music should be printed, taped and ready for the pianist. All CDs or MP3 playlists should have only your pre-edited song on them and CDs and sheet music should be clearly labeled with your name.

If you can, or if it’s requested, bring a nice headshot with your name and contact information typed (or very neatly hand-written) on it. This helps the audition host more easily match your name to your face when they sit down later to review their notes and determine who’s gonna get a callback or make the final cut.

Fourth, know how to start and end.

Your first and last impressions are very important in auditions. When you begin, sing standing mostly still. If you need to add some very small hand movements after about five seconds, that’s okay. But don’t break out into full-blown dancing at any point during your audition song.

After you finish your last note, wait for about three or five seconds and just stand still. It may feel awkward to you, but you don’t want to ruin your great audition by rushing off like you’re afraid of rejection. Make your big finish, smile and stand straight up with your arms at your side. Then look your listeners in the eyes, say “thank you” and exit the stage.

Fifth, practice good audition etiquette.

Most people know to always plan a little extra travel time before an audition in case they get lost or stuck in traffic. That way, they don’t have to arrive at the audition short of breath and apologizing for being late.

Besides just planning extra time and arriving early, successful singers know that auditions are a rapid-fire experience. Lots of amateur singers hear their name called and feel all this pressure to make fast friends with the audition host. The reality is, you’re not expected to hold a long conversation, chat up the staff, or chill with them before you sing. The hosts just want you in on time and out on time. Even if they love you, they still need to stay on schedule.

Good audition etiquette includes having all your paperwork and accompaniment music neatly in your hands when they call your name. At that point, walk in confidently. If the people on the review committee are in close proximity and move towards you, it’s okay to shake their hands and say “hello.” If they’re far away or they tell you to just stand and start, hand over your music, find your position and begin. Most greetings happen before you sing, so if you finish and they still haven’t reached out to you, it’s okay to just exit the stage, saying “thank you” and “goodbye” as you walk off.

By the way, don’t let the presence or absence of a handshake or chitchat become some superstitious indication of whether or not they like you or you’re gonna get the gig. Some casting directors are super warm and make everyone think they’re getting the lead part. Others are ice cold and then call you in a week and say you’re the greatest singer they’ve heard all year.

I’ve been fortunate to help countless celebrities achieve their singing dreams during my thirty-plus years as a voice coach. Now, I want to help you, too! Enjoy these five veteran tips for auditioning, put them into practice, and post a comment or tweet me @RogerLove1 to tell me how your audition went!

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Lack of self-confidence plagues a lot of people. Realizing how important a strong sense of self-confidence is to our personal and professional success, I wanted to reveal what I believe is the lesser-known side of self-confidence, what I call “shared confidence.”

In this video, I explain how our self-confidence is generated by the way other people react to us and the way we process those reactions.

Then, I’ll outline how you can boost your own self-confidence by controlling the perception of others.

Shared confidence is an effective way to build self-confidence and then use that self-confidence to make your life, and the lives of everyone around you, better.

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Lack of self-confidence plagues a lot of people. How many times in the past year alone have you thought about self-confidence, either yours or someone else’s?

Normally, that’s because we need confidence to go about our daily lives.

When you ask someone out on a date, they consider the invitation based partially on their impression of your self-confidence. After all, they don’t want to date someone with such low confidence that they can’t even pick a restaurant for dinner!

When we interview for jobs, we use our self-confidence to prove that we’re capable and better than anyone else being interviewed.

Experts depend on their self-confidence to write books and share their wisdom with the world. After all, lack of self-confidence is enough to fool you into believing you’re not enough of an expert and sometimes talk you out of writing at all.

Directors need self-confidence to make decisions and conduct an army of actors and crew on set.

Investors often educate themselves then make final decisions based on their gut. And what’s another word for gut instinct? Self-confidence.

Without self-confidence,

any potential decision can seem impossible to make.

Realizing how important a strong sense of self-confidence is to our personal and professional success, I wanted to reveal what I believe is the lesser-known side of self-confidence, what I call “shared confidence.”

For starters, I believe the “self” in “self-confidence” is what’s throwing everyone off. We spend our lives trying to build self-confidence ourselves, thinking that if we read the right books or follow the right experts, we can build our own self-confidence.

But I believe our self-confidence is generated by the way other people react to us and the way we process those reactions. That’s what makes it shared confidence.

Let me give you an example. I buy a new red shirt and wear it to work. Since people basically never comment on my wardrobe, I go about my day as usual. But suddenly, almost everyone I run into says, “Great shirt, Roger.”

After this happens multiple times, I can’t help but think that shirt is the best investment in a garment I’ve ever made!

Subconsciously, we take comments like this, even if it’s just about our choice of shirt, and immediately combine them with our own comments, like, “They really like the shirt. I must have good taste in shirts. Or, maybe this shirt just looks good on me. Maybe I look pretty good today…”

So I started with the shirt feedback and then added my own comments to conclude that I must look good today. I took whatever positive input they gave me and turned it into even more positive.

I now have the confidence that this shirt and my body are a winning combination. I then turn that confidence into self-confidence, fueled by other people’s reactions to my red shirt.

I’m using this example to illustrate how our self-confidence is generated by the way other people react to us and the way we process those reactions. This is simply gaining control over our own power, influence, and abilities, and using that strength to create more open and honest communications. If someone reacts to us positively and we turn that positivity into self-confidence, we have made the most of the situation.

In my perspective, you can boost your own self-confidence by controlling the perception of others. By turning other’s perceptions into positive interpretations, your self-confidence will skyrocket.

And it’s fine to sift through what people say and capitalize on the positive parts. That gives you the opportunity to take note of them and then try to be more positive towards them in response. That’s how we can turn their reactions and feelings into more positive ones more often, which might even make everyone happier in the process!

Let me address the naysayers and explain how it is not a sign of weakness to care about what other people say and think about you. There are instances when we present the best of ourselves to others and they still react negatively. However, I believe that if you keep showcasing your positivity, the negative or mean people can eventually turn around and find a happier side of themselves. The best way to go about this is to consistently produce positive communications towards those people.

Becoming more influential—for example, by using your voice to create sounds that make you seem attractive, brilliant, and engaging—means you are becoming an expert at presenting yourself. You can then devour the positive energy from other’s responses and turn it effortlessly into your own self-confidence and power.

After all, I don’t believe any of us start with high self-confidence. Instead, we watch other people exude those characteristics, imitate them, attempt to justify acting that way, and then try to find a way to adopt and adapt those characteristics for our own!

Let me give you a head start in your journey towards becoming a better influencer.

Here’s how: bring more ascending melodies into your speech patterns today. Try to make sure that you’re walking up the stairs, going from lower notes to higher notes, throughout your conversations. [demonstrates]

These ascending melodies make others feel happier, so they should react to that positivity. Maybe they’ll say, “Somebody’s in a good mood” or “Looks like you woke up on the right side of the bed today!” Just smile at their reactions, take them in, and let it make you happy, too! Then, feel good about cheering others up in the process of boosting your own self-confidence.

Shared confidence is an effective way to build self-confidence and then use that self-confidence to make your life, and the lives of everyone around you, better.

If you want to grow your self-confidence and influence skills even further, go to the speaking section at RogerLove.com and get four free training videos to start now.

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Thanks to a scientific publication in The Royal Society, we can stop wondering if most men actually prefer low-pitched female voices.

Here’s what the study found and what it means for both men and women looking to use their voice to achieve their goals.

The scientific report “Integrating Cues Of Social Interest And Voice Pitch In Men’s Preferences For Women’s Voices” by first author Benedict C Jones, reports that higher female voice pitches were preferred by the men in their study when the woman was showing interest in them.

Women in the study preferred a raised pitch in other women’s voices regardless of whether or not the woman appeared interested in her listener.

If women judge the attractiveness of a female voice solely based on sound, why would men go so far as to integrate sound and content? According to the scientists in this study, both sound and content combine in order to, “promote efficient allocation of men’s mating effort.”

Take-aways for you now: Women need to communicate with their voice and words if they want to appear more attractive to a man.

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Low, smoky voices fog up the Silver Screen year after year. But can a woman’s low voice pitch reel in a man in real life?

Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach, top-selling author, and founder of The Voice of Success Live. I’m working to make the world a better place, one speaking voice at a time, starting with yours.

Thanks to a scientific publication in The Royal Society, we can stop wondering if most men actually prefer low-pitched female voices.

The scientific report “Integrating Cues Of Social Interest And Voice Pitch In Men’s Preferences For Women’s Voices” by first author Benedict C Jones, says that higher female voice pitches were preferred by the men in their study, with one caveat.

“Men showed stronger preferences for raised pitch when judging the voices of women who appeared interested in the listener than when judging the voices of women who appeared relatively disinterested in the listener,” says the study. This means that in addition to voice pitch, men also take into consideration, “the degree of social interest expressed by women when forming voice preferences.”

Want the translation from Science-ese?

Men like female voices with higher pitch when

the woman is showing interest in them, the study claims.

When the woman appeared uninterested, the men didn’t like the higher pitch as much. Unlike the men’s responses, women in the study preferred a raised pitch in other women’s voices regardless of whether or not the woman appeared interested in her listener.

If women judge the attractiveness of a female voice solely based on sound, why would men integrate sound and content? According to the scientists in this study, both inputs are combined in order to, “promote efficient allocation of men’s mating effort.” Translation: So men don’t waste their drink money and dating hours on women who are not going to become their children’s mother.

Here’s how to apply these finding to your vocal life today.

Most women focus all their time on perfecting their words and delivering exactly the right line when You Know Who comes over to chat. After reading this finding, woman can toss the flashcards and “perfect ice breakers” out. When vying for a man’s attention, this study shows that a woman’s words are not enough.

Ladies, you need to communicate with your voice and your words if you want his evolutionary wiring to spark during your chitchat.

The study also shows us that when communicating woman-to-woman, your voice speaks much louder than your words. So the next time you’re invited to speak, say, at a Mom and Daughter Tea or need to address issues with a female employee, remember to keep a relatively higher pitch to increase the listeners’ attraction and hence attention. By adding more melody to the sentences as well, you’ll be able to grasp your female audience by the ears and get your ideal outcome.

If you’re ready to take your voice—and your dating life—to the next level, check out The Perfect Voice for Love and Relationships training course at ThePerfectVoice.com I’ll see you there!

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Having a great voice matters! But if you want to take your talent
to a higher professional level, you have to be great at auditioning, too.

To help you with this critical area of your vocal career, I’ve pulled from over thirty-years of experience working with celebrities all over the world. Now, I’m going to share with you the top three mistakes to avoid during your next singing audition so you have the best chances of getting a callback and the gig!

The top three mistakes to avoid during your next singing audition include:

Accompaniment track mistakes

All jiggle, no jingle

Committing diet don’ts

I know auditioning can make singers nervous, but by avoiding these three audition mistakes and following my tips, you’re already ahead of the competition and prepared to do your best. Don’t forget to check back and let me know how your audition went! Post in the comments section or tweet me @RogerLove1.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours.

Having a great voice matters! But if you want to take your talent to a higher professional level, you have to be great at auditioning, as well as singing. To help you with this critical area of your vocal career, I’ve pulled from over thirty-years of experience working with celebrities all over the world. And today, I’m going to share with you the three mistakes to avoid during your next singing audition if you want the best chances of getting a callback and the gig!

First, accompaniment track mistakes.

Often, singers spend so much time focusing on how they’ll sing, meaning what sounds will come out of their mouths, that they forget about a different but very important part of their audition: preparing your accompaniment track! Don’t forget that you need to bring printed sheet music taped together for the pianist, an MP3 player, or a CD containing only your accompaniment track, in your key, pre-cut to the length you want to each audition.

Remember that the people running the audition have very little time for each individual. If you’re audition forces them to spend an extra five minutes to get your accompaniment track right, the casting directors can easily lose patience with you before you sing your first note. Instead, plan on going in, handing them your music, singing your song, and walking away with your head held high.

The second audition mistake to avoid:

all jiggle, no jingle.

When auditioning for a singing role, lots of amateurs walk in, start their song and before the second note is sung, they’re already jiving across the stage, dancing and jumping around like it’s a dance party. What they don’t realize is that all that extra movement usually distracts the reviewing panel and diverts their focus towards your dance skills—the jiggle—and away from your singing talent—the jingle.

The solution? Just stand still and start singing! Let them hear and see you for a few seconds. Even if it’s an up-tempo song, they still want to look at you, not a moving target. Give them a few seconds to really see you, hear you, and decide if you’re right for the part. You can add a bit of rhythm in your hands after about five seconds if you have to, just don’t indulge yourself and break out into the full dance. If they want to see if you can dance, they’ll send you to the dance audition. This is the singing audition! So don’t let anything distract them from your voice.

The third most common audition mistake:

committing diet don’ts.

Remember that your vocal cords—just like your biceps or calves—require proper nourishment to perform. Eating the wrong foods the evening before or day of an audition can dehydrate you or create extra, unwanted phlegm in your throat. Both of these can reduce your ability to perform at your peak. I’ve outlined the six food categories that can harm your voice before a performance on my blog at RogerLove.com. You can go there to check out the full list. In the meantime, remember to drink a half-gallon of water a day and don’t chew gum, preferably 12hours before your big moment.

I know auditioning can make singers nervous, but by avoiding these three audition mistakes and following my tips, you’re already ahead of the competition and prepared to do your best. Don’t forget to check back and let me know how your audition went! Post in the comments section or tweet me @RogerLove1.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours!

I’ve been really fortunate to spend the last thirty years coaching numerous celebrities and Grammy winners from my studios in New York and Los Angeles. During that time, I’ve seen every possible angle of auditions—from behind the curtain prepping students to being in the audience as a decision maker determining who gets the part.

From that 360-degree view, let me tell you something that I saw countless times during auditions that just broke my heart. A singer with a great voice would come in and make a mistake with his or her accompaniment track (the music that plays in the background while they sing). And because of those mistakes, they’d mess themselves up, start in the wrong place, sing off key, get confused, or even try to stop the audition to fix the music. The end result was always the same: they lost out on the opportunity.

I’m here to help you be the best and most successful singer you can be. So I never want to hear that you had a bad audition because you made mistakes with your accompaniment track.

Since many new singers think that the accompaniment track is just a minor detail in an audition, I’ll emphasize the importance of it with a slight biblical twist. Here’s what I consider to be the five commandments for preparing your audition song accompaniment track.

I. Thou Shalt Not Forget Thy Accompaniment Track

Believe me, this happens all the time with beginning singers. Unless you’re performing a capella—meaning, without any music at all—you need to actually bringyour music to your auditions. That can be in the form of sheet music, a CD or on an MP3 player. Check the audition announcement to see if the audition host will be providing an accompanist, like a pianist, or not.

If they’re providing a pianist, you may need to bring printed sheet music. If you need help getting that, don’t be afraid to seek it out. Look in your city, online, or find people who help with sheet music for auditions, lead sheets, or copying services. Contact them and say, “I’m preparing an audition song and need a lead sheet for it. Can you help?” It’s not expensive and can save you endless hours of frustration and searching by trying to do it all on your own. If you search online first, you’re likely to find plenty of websites that’ll put the music in any key you want.

If the audition host isn’t providing an accompanist, you’ll need to bring a CD or MP3 player with your song on it.

II. Thou Shalt Edit Thy Audition Song

Your accompaniment track—no matter the format—needs to be in your key, the exact way you sing it, starting where you begin the song, cutting out any parts of the song you skip, and ending exactly where you want to finish. If you’re using sheet music, these edits are not too difficult to make but they need to be clearly marked on the music.

Lots of people break this commandment with CD or MP3 versions of their accompaniment track. Because they don’t have the editing tools, they try to just perform the full three- or four-minute recorded version of a song. That frustrates the heck out of the people holding the audition and they’ll usually cut you off before you have a chance to show them how special you really are. Please don’t let this happen to you! Look online for editing software or professional services that can help you edit the song exactly the way you want it.

III. Thou Shalt Properly Prepare Thy

Sheet Music for Thy Gracious Pianist

If the audition host provides an accompanist, it’s your job to make their job as easy as possible. If you get your sheet music from the Internet and print it out, don’t come in with loose pages! I’ve seen too many singers come in with a stack of disconnected pages, hand them to the pianist, and the pianist just starts playing what you gave them, even if all the pages are in the wrong order. You can imagine how badly that turns out!

Avoid this catastrophe by taping your pages together so that the accompanist can just stick your music up on the piano and start playing without losing, or turning, or flipping anything. If your song is only two-pages long, tape them together like a book. If it’s longer, tape them like an accordion.

IV. Thou Shalt Not Anger Thy Technical Crew

If there’s no pianist present, there will likely be a technical assistant handling your music when your name is called or when you arrive and register. Just like with the accompanist, it’s your job to make that person’s job as easy as possible.

Here’s the common audition scenario that breaks this commandment: Singers hand over a CD with a bunch of songs on it, tell the tech crew to play Song 18, stand on their mark, and as soon as they hear sound coming from the speakers, they start belting out their song. About three seconds later, they realize it’s the wrong track! So they stop, freak out, and yell to the technician, “No, that’s the wrong song! Can you please play Track 18?…”

This is embarrassing, looks unprofessional, and frustrates the people running the audition. The last thing we want is for you to be labeled with adjectives like “embarrassing,” “unprofessional,” and “frustrating.”

Instead, bring a CD or playlist with only your song that starts and ends exactly where you want. You can bring a karaoke CD, your smart phone with the playlist on it, or whatever MP3 player you have. Just make sure that whatever format you choose, there’s nothing but your song on it.

And don’t forget to bring any connection cables your device needs or read the audition notice carefully to see if they’ll be provided by the host. Then, remember to outsmart your smart devices, if necessary. Carry a power cable and make sure that the device is fully charged (and in silent mode!) before you walk in. Finally, did you remember to write your name on your sheet music or label your CD so your disc doesn’t get mixed up in the pile? Take care of those details before you arrive to help clear your mind and focus on your singing as you wait to perform.

Here’s the fifth and final commandment: thou shall not forget these commandments! Obey them in every audition you go to from now on. And share these audition commandments with your friends and fellow singers. When they follow these as well, everyone’s auditions can run on schedule and be more enjoyable.

You’ve worked so hard to make your voice sound great. It’s not worth losing a callback because you were careless with your sheet music or CD! Remember to share your audition success stories with me in the comments section or @RogerLove1. Break a leg!

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Today I want to defend a speaking habit that seems to be the “talk of the town,” no matter what town you live in. This particular habit has been harshly—and in my view, unfairly—condemned in the media: upspeak.

As a voice coach and verbal strategist with a degree in music, I believe this negative portrayal has hastily blacklisted upspeak without acknowledging its advantages. As a result, speakers are avoiding or denying a speaking advantage that’s waiting right on the tip of their tongue.

This video will bring you up to speed on the upspeak discussion and then uncover the ways in which upspeak can benefit you.

Most importantly, I distinguish between the two versions of upspeak:

1. Slide Upspeak: when you take the last syllable of the word before a comma or a period and attach it to a big, upward-sliding pitch.

2. Stair-step Upspeak: the last syllable before a comma or a period is attached to a pitch that ascends progressively, as if you were walking up a staircase one step at a time.

Knowing the distinctions between these two variations of upspeak can help you in two ways. First, you can be a more educated listener and speaker the next time you encounter an upspeak article in the news. Second, you can bring stair-step upspeak back into your sentences and showcase how creative and passionate you are to everyone listening to you.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach, top-selling author and founder of The Voice of Success Live. I’m working to make the world a better place, one speaking voice at a time, starting with yours.

Today I want to defend a speaking habit that seems to be the “talk of the town,” no matter what town you live in. This particular habit has been harshly—and in my view, unfairly—condemned in the media: upspeak.

Out of a presumably good-natured desire by a few individuals to save the world from some potential negative effects of upspeak, the general public has been swamped with articles and news stories portraying upspeak as if it the worst thing to happen to the English language since texting. But as a voice coach and verbal strategist with a degree in music, I believe this negative portrayal has hastily blacklisted upspeak without acknowledging its benefits. As a result, speakers are avoiding or denying a speaking advantage that’s waiting right on the tip of their tongue.

Let me bring you up to speed on the discussion

and then uncover the ways in which upspeak can benefit you.

First, some background. If you learned English in the USA, you know that we raise our pitch to a higher note at the end of sentences when we’re asking a question. For example, [demonstrating] “Honey, did the kids get their homework done?”

Upspeak, also known as rising inflection, uptalk, Valley Girl regionalism, or high rising intonation, is when we use that same question-like intonation of raising our pitch at the end of the sentence before a question mark and then apply it to sentences that are not questions. For example: [Demonstrating] The weather’s really nice today. I love my dog.

Now that we all understand the terminology, here’s a summary of the news coverage. Upspeak has been portrayed in the media as a speaking style used mostly by people under forty and according to Bloomberg, “It’s often associated with Disney Channel-loving tweens and Valley Girls, and dismissed as a marker of immaturity and airheadedness.” Forbes Magazine was a bit less harsh but still cautionary when it discussed the negative impact of upspeak on your career and NPR dedicated an entire interview segment to it.

If upspeak is really as damaging as these news outlets allege, why is it used so frequently? A New York Times article responds that it’s trendy while others, like the BBC, say it’s a subconscious habit.

In my assertion, this coverage has overlooked the fact that upspeak does not exist in just one variation. In fact, there are two! In one version, the speaker can sound hesitant and uneducated. But the second version enables the speaker to appear engaging, interesting, and confident.

This media coverage has unfairly banished both versions of upspeak to the same blacklist. But I don’t want you to do the same thing and as a result, renounce the powerful, useful version of upspeak.

Let me show you the difference between the two variations of upspeak.

The first and most infamous version of upspeak I refer to as “slide.” Slide upspeak is the version starring in headlines and implied in the anti-upspeak warnings. It’s when you take the last syllable of the word before a comma or a period and you attach it to a big, upward-sliding pitch.

Here’s what using slide upspeak at the breakfast table sounds like: [demonstrates] “I’m running late. I’m not even that hungry. I’ll just grab a snack on the way.”

Slide upspeak is the stereotypical speaking style of Valley Girls. Personally, I grew up in the San Fernando Valley where Frank Zappa’s daughter, Moon Unit Zappa, was the poster child for this kind of speaking regionalism and that’s how it got the nickname “Valley Girl” talk.

Today tons of reality TV stars and “famous for being famous” girls speak the exact same way, loading their sentences with slide upspeak. The transfer effect of using slide upspeak yourself is that your listeners might judge you as being obsessed with reality TV, consumed with trendiness, or uncertain of your own intelligence.

So if you catch yourself or your loved ones using slide upspeak, I’ll add my name to the list of experts suggesting that you stop.

Where the media storm and I part ways is in regards to

the second version of upspeak.

Instead of slide upspeak, I suggest you adopt what I call “stair-step upspeak.”

In the stair-step upspeak style, the last syllable before a comma or a period is still attached to a higher pitch but it doesn’t slide up to that note. Instead, the pitch ascends progressively, as if you were walking up a staircase one step at a time.

Here’s an example of what stair-step upspeak would sound like at breakfast. [demonstrates stair-step upspeak] “I’m running late. I’m not even that hungry. I’ll just grab a snack on the way.”

What makes stair-step upspeak so effective is the way it creates a melody that communicates to listeners that you still have more to say and you’re enthusiastic, not uncertain. The step-by-step increase in pitch is also more pleasing to the ear than slide upspeak and makes the speaker appear more interesting and passionate. Furthermore, this version of upspeak can be an advantageous tool to communicate energy and confidence throughout your sentences while dissuading people from interrupting you.

No respectable music critic would conclude that, “all songs that end on a higher note are bad.” Yet the upspeak media discussion seems to have done exactly that by effectively blacklisting both upspeak variations, even the advantageous one.

I firmly support the research revealing how little the words we speak matter at all. Instead, the sounds our voices make in combination with the words—the pitch, pace, tone, melody and volume—are much more important. That’s why eliminating all melodies that go up at the end is an unwise recommendation. A more sensible approach is to recognize which melodies are effective and practice them.

Slide upspeak can make you sound insecure and uncertain. By contrast, stair-step upspeak can fill your sentences with an uplifting melody and make you sound more interesting and creative to your listeners.

What I’ve shown you today will help you in two big ways.

First, you can be a more educated listener and speaker the next time you encounter an upspeak article in the news. Second, you can bring stair-step upspeak back into your sentences and showcase how creative and passionate you are to everyone listening.

Play around with the two variations of upspeak—slide and stair-step—I’ve given you today and see the difference for yourself! Then tell me what feedback you received in the comments or @RogerLove1.

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Today I’m going to share the secret to my professional success.

When I was young, I discovered a special voice—in addition to Chest Voice and Head Voice—that enabled me to sing up and down the range with absolutely NO cracks, strain, or breaks.

Teaching this voice to my students has enabled them to win Grammy and Academy Awards!

It’s called Middle Voice.

The most shocking part? Many vocal coaches don’t even know this voice exists!

You deserve the singing voice of your dreams. This secret voice can be the key to achieving it!

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours.

Today I’m going to share the secret to my professional success.

At the start of my singing career, I struggled with the break in my voice between the full, thick sounds of Chest Voice [demonstrates] and the angelic, feminine sounds of Head Voice [demonstrates]. Whenever I tried to go from my Chest Voice to my Head Voice in a song, I hit this crack: [demonstrates].

So I set out to find a way that I could merge these two voices seamlessly with no breaks, no gaps, just smooth, flawless transitions. That’s when I discovered Middle Voice!

Let me demonstrate [demonstrates]. This Middle Voice has enabled my clients to win Grammys! And most singing coaches don’t even know about it!

If you want to take your singing voice beyond your wildest dreams, you can’t do it without all THREE voices—Chest, Middle, and Head!

Middle Voice is such a well-kept secret that even some of my celebrity singers hadn’t heard of it before working with me. Let me tell you a story to explain. When I first started working with Gwen Stefani, she was struggling with frequent sore throats and preparing to start a two-year-long world tour. Throughout our session, I realized she was trying to force her Chest Voice higher or throw her Head Voice lower in order to perform her songs. This is extremely taxing on the vocal cords and made it clear to me why she kept losing her voice between performances. I worked on Middle Voice exercises with Gwen and her voice immediately sounded stronger, fuller, and more powerful than before.

She told me how she had never thought of the Middle Voice as a unique section of the vocal scale and, most importantly, how much easier it was on her vocal cords. I built her a Middle Voice practice CD that she used before every performance the next two years while she was touring. When she got back from being on tour, she told me that the practice and singing with Middle Voice enabled her to go through her entire world tour without losing her voice!

I know mastering Middle Voice will improve your singing, too.

Here is a quick exercise you can do right now to start building your Middle Voice: [1-minute Middle Voice exercise]

If you want more Middle Voice practice, head to www.RogerLoveSingingAcademy.com for four free training videos. We’re now enrolling new students in the Roger Love Singing Academy where you can master Middle voice, discover your unique style, get real-time instruction through my signature Love Notes karaoke program, and even get personalized feedback on your singing directly from me!

Let me make you my next star client. I’ll see you in The Academy!

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Choosing the right online singing program is about more than just price. It’s about finding a coach who can take you from here to where your dreams become a reality. It’s about unleashing that spark in your soul that just can’t stop singing! And directing, nourishing, and fueling that spark until it becomes a fire that spreads light and warmth to everyone who listens to you sing.

I want to help you find the right online singing program for you, even if it’s not with me. Here are four key categories to keep in mind when looking for an online singing program. (Watch the full video to hear explanations of each category and what to be most careful about.)

I’ve dedicated my life to singing and my career to helping others discover their greatest singing voice. Keep these four categories I mention (and shown at right) in mind — Coach, Singing Content, Beyond Singing Content, and Guaranteed Results—and you’ll be on the path towards singing success.

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Check out the Coach. Do they have a track record of success and professional reputation in the industry? Do they have a formal education in music? What genres do they coach? Does their personality excite and motivate you?

Check out the Singing Content.Do they teach Head, Middle, and Chest Voices? How many videos are included? How long is the full program? How many exercises are included? Can you get real-time instruction? Do you get feedback from the lead coach or junior coaches? What’s the program level?

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours!

My parents joked that I started singing before I could speak and I remember running around the house performing for anyone who would listen when I was little. I begged and begged my parents to let me take singing lessons, but they wouldn’t budge until I started winning singing competitions and the biggest name in voice coaching said he’d take me on as a student.

More than thirty years later, I am still always practicing, refining, and working to make my own singing voice even better and stay in world-class performance shape. So I know that choosing the right online singing program is about more than just price. It’s about finding a coach who can take you from here to where your dreams become a reality. It’s about unleashing that spark in your soul that just can’t stop singing! And directing, nourishing, and fueling that spark until it becomes a fire that spreads light and warmth to everyone who listens to you sing.

I want to help you find the right online singing program for you, even if it’s not with me. So here are four key categories to keep in mind when looking for an online singing program.

First, check out the coach.Do they have a track record of success and professional reputation in the industry?Do they have a formal education in music? I was fortunate to start coaching celebrities like The Beach Boys and the Jacksons when I was 16, then continued coaching while I studied music at UCLA. In my humble opinion, formal music education enhanced my ability to coach singers across skill levels and genres in a way that just being a great singer couldn’t. I highly recommend you look into a coach’s formal education before allowing them to be your new instructor.

Next, does the coach’s personality excite and motivate you? For instance, my love for music and teaching inspires me to fill each lesson with fun and easy-to-understand steps, but plenty of people prefer drill instructor type coaches and lots of theoretical content.

Then, what genres do they coach? Over my career, I’ve been fortunate to work across genres as diverse as rap with Eminem, pop with Selena Gomez, rock with Def Leopard and Poison, country with legendary artists Brooks and Dunn (as well as country stars on the Silver Screen Jeff Bridges for the movie Crazy Heart and Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line), and indie for Capital Cities. These experiences showed me that one type of coaching does not fit all genres. If you’re looking to grow, you need a coach who knows your genre and can take you where you want to go.

Second, check the singing content. Do they teach Head, Middle, and Chest Voices? Middle Voice is a well-kept secret in the singing industry so many programs won’t even mention it. But I believe Middle is so vital that I teach it to every student, regardless of skill level, so they can start their singing journey with the key to unlocking their entire vocal range. If you’re just looking to perform songs that stay entirely within the Chest or Head Voice, maybe you don’t care if you can’t sing the full range.

How many videos do they offer? How long is the full program? How many exercises are included? I believe anyone can achieve an amazing singing voice, but it doesn’t come after just one lesson. If the program says they have 50 videos, for example, but the total program time of all the lessons together is only 2 hours, you’re not going to get much depth.

Can you get real-time instruction? Some programs offer classroom-like experiences where you can get coaching as you sing. I created my signature Love Notes annotated karaoke program so you can get instruction in real time as you sing without having to wake up at 4am to attend a class lecture in another time zone. If live interaction with classmates matters to you, be sure to seek that out.

Do you get feedback from the lead coach or junior coaches? I’m firm about giving personal video feedback myself but many students don’t mind hearing from a junior coach. Also, programs with lower level instructors are usually less expensive.

What’s the program level? Beginning, intermediate, and advanced singers all need different instruction to improve. Make sure your program is the right level for where you are now and that the coach offers ways for you to grow within their academy.

Third, go beyond voice. Great singing requires a coach who teaches you how to master excellent breathing technique, style, posture, vocal health, and a diet for peak performance. Stopping at just how your voice sounds is like spending 12 hours decorating a chocolate cake made without the sugar, butter, eggs or cocoa—it may look great from the outside right now, but it’s not going to deliver the happiness you’re hoping for.

Do they teach industry insights? Having worked with celebrity singers for so long, I know launching a career is about more than just being the best singer on the block. If you want to get gigs or make and record unique music, look for a coach who lays that out for you. In my programs, I share the secrets I’ve learned and experienced alongside some of the greatest and most successful singers and entertainers in history so that you are informed and have an advantage.

Fourth, look for guaranteed results. If your online program provides all of the above and you actively participate, they should stand behind their program. I even promise that your voice improves by one octave through my programs, guaranteed!

I’ve dedicated my life to singing and my career to helping others discover their greatest singing voice. Keep the four categories I mentioned in mind—coach, singing content, beyond singing content, and guaranteed results—and you’ll be on the path to building your perfect singing voice.

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Your voice matters a lot to me! I’m dedicating my decades of experience to help YOU get the perfect voice. Heed these warnings to keep your voice healthy and performing at its peak.

I’ve dedicated my career to making the world a better place, one voice at a time. That’s why I have to tell you about these three things you probably didn’t realize are hurting your voice! (Watch the full video to hear examples and understand why these are so harmful!)

Committing dieting don’ts

Whispering

Mouth-breathing

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better-sounding place, one voice at a time. Starting with yours!

That’s why I have to tell you about these three things you probably didn’t realize are hurting your voice!

Here’s number one: mouth-breathing.

[Demonstrating creepy mouth breathing] This is not just putting a damper on your dating life, it’s drying out your vocal cords and hurting your voice! If you do this a lot, it can even cause redness and inflammation. Instead, when you breathe through your nose, turbinates and filters add moisture to your breath, providing a bit of lubrication to your cords when the air hits them during speaking or singing. The temperature of the air is also better controlled when coming from your nose. This reduces temperature shock to your cords that can make them momentarily resize or cause hiccups.

Whispering is the second quiet villain to the voice.

While you might think it sounds sexy, whispering forces so much air across your vocal cords that they can experience a sort of windburn. In my thirty-plus years of training celebrity singers, I’ve discovered that most singers actually damage their voice through the way they speak, not the way they sing.

And whispering as a way to “save your voice” is also a myth. Intensive, long periods of whispering can harm your voice more than the same amount of time spent yelling! Even if you don’t feel it that moment, whispering every day only accumulates the impact on your voice over time.

Number three is committing dieting don’ts.

I made a full lesson for you about the six food categories that can derail your voice on my blog at RogerLove.com. You can head there after this lesson to check it out. In the meantime, remember that your vocal cords are a part of your body that need to be trained and nourished in order to perform. Just like your leg muscles before a run, your voice needs to be strengthened and properly nourished. If you’re putting the wrong foods and liquids in, your voice can’t put out the performance you want and need.

Your voice matters A LOT to me! I’m dedicating my decades of experience to help YOU get the perfect voice. Heed these warnings to keep your voice healthy and performing at its peak. Tell me how the tips worked for you or add some more to my list in the comments or on twitter @RogerLove1.

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To sing alongside the masters and separate yourself from the vast majority of average singers, you need to have one particular feature in your singing toolbox: vibrato! Since my goal is for your singing to sound amazing, I’m going to explain what vibrato is and give you twoeffective approaches to start using it in your singing today.

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Musically speaking, vibrato is a wavelike movement of pitch.

To claim vibrato for yourself, try:

The “Fist Bump” Vibrato Approach

The “Finger Point” Vibrato Approach

Remember that vibrato can take your voice to the next level and make a great impression on your audience. The techniques might feel a little funny at first but rest assured that I’ve used these exact approaches to help Grammy-winning singers create their own vibrato. By following along with this lesson, you’re following in their footsteps and there’s no reason why you can’t have vibrato, as well!

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours!

To sing alongside the masters and separate yourself from the vast majority of average singers, you need to have one particular feature in your singing toolbox: vibrato!

But what if you don’t want to be an opera star? Can you pass on this lesson? Only if you’re ready to also pass on your bright future in singing! Vibrato plays a critical role in nearly every musical genre. Beyoncé’s got it. Adele’s a total master of it. Even rock singers use on vibrato to give fullness to their edgy sound.

In case you’ve given up on mastering this special method, please reconsider. You can do it! Nobody is born with vibrato. It’s not an elite DNA strand that you either have or spend your life hoping for. You just have to learn how to do it.

To give you even more motivation to learn vibrato, I’ll share with you my belief that vibrato is so powerful it can be one of the biggest differences between an average and an awesome singing voice. Since my goal is for your singing to sound amazing, I’m going to explain what vibrato is and give you twoeffective approaches to start using it in your singing today.

Let’s start with some background.

When you listen to a singer hold out a note, there are two basic ways to perform that elongated note. The first way is a simple sustain which I call the Plain Jane Sustain. You just hold it out, like this: [demonstrates] “I CAAAAAAN.”

The second way is to add a little “wiggle,” known as vibrato, like this: [demonstrates] “I CAAAAAN.”

Musically speaking, vibrato is a wavelike movement of pitch. Some amateurs think vibrato is just hitting one note and shaking it like this [demonstrates]. Actually, proper vibrato singing goes a little above and a little below the pitch, like this [demonstrates]. The perfect vibrato speed, according to what most ears prefer, is supposed to be about six oscillations per second, like this [demonstrates].

Now that we’re clear on what vibrato is, you’re probably remembering a lot of your favorite singers and the moments when you’ve heard them use vibrato in action. So you should know that just like our voices, vibrato can sound different depending on the singer. Some singers have a fast vibrato like Madonna. [Demonstrates, “Holiday”] Some have a slow vibrato like Bette Midler. [Demonstrates, “Did I ever tell you you’re my hero?”]

While vibrato can sound different for everyone, the extreme versions are not ideal. For example, when the vibrato is too fast, it can give the impression that you’re nervous and shaky or that you have a goat-like quality to your singing. When it’s too slow, the vibrato can sound like you’re old or tired. Again, the ideal vibrato pace to aim for is about six oscillations per second.

There are stylistic ways to use vibrato, as well. For example, you can feature it at the beginning [Demonstrates at beginning, LOOOOOOOOVE], middle [Demonstrates at middle, LOOOOOOOOVE], or end [Demonstrates at end, LOOOOOOOOVE] of a note, as you get more sophisticated.

Vibrato is worth learning because it can add a unique richness and warmth to your singing voice. In my experience working with celebrity singers, it’s the fastest way to transform your singing voice from boring to beautiful.

Claiming Vibrato for Yourself

So how do you master it? It’s not by shaking your stomach in and out like this [Demonstrates] or moving your jaw up and down, like this [Demonstrates] while you’re onstage.

Instead, good vibrato starts with great air control. To do that, you need to remember your posture: chest up, shoulders back and down, and abdomen relaxed. That part is especially important because you can’t produce vibrato when you’re clenching your stomach area. You have to relax into it.

Most importantly, practice good diaphragmatic breathing so that you can maintain a steady, controlled delivery of air as you sing vibrato. Inhale through your nose and fill up your abdomen as if you’re trying to inflate a balloon. Then as you deliver the air while you sing, let your abdomen slowly fall back in.

With these foundations in place, you’re ready to start practicing vibrato.

Now I’ve seen a lot of coaches simply rock a vibrato-packed song, then close their mouth, look at their students and say, “Just do that.” But even with a degree in music and almost three decades of teaching vibrato, I’ve never seen a student who was in that situation and nailed a perfect impression on their first try.

The way I see it, getting the voice of your dreams is hard enough without having a coach who just tosses you into the deep end. So instead, I’m going to give you two effective approaches to help you get the feel of vibrato so you become familiar with it and can then produce it yourself. In my experience, if you can recognize the feel of vibrato, you’re a lot closer to being able to actually make it yourself.

I call the first approach the “Fist Bump Vibrato Approach.”

Try this along with me now. [Demonstrating] Take your hand, make a fist, and put it on your abdomen. Now, take the other hand, open it up flat, and rest it on top of your first hand, just like this. Start pushing on the lower hand gently as you sing one sustained note. [Demonstrates method] In doing this, you’re literally just forcing sudden bursts of air to exit the mouth.

While practicing this approach, try to concentrate on how air hits the roof of your mouth. Do you notice the way the airbursts feel? Keep focusing on that.

Now, I know I told you a minute ago that shaking your stomach in and out is not how you sing vibrato. I’m only giving you this technique for the moment so you can experience what vibrato feels like. Once you get that sensation, there is no need to shake your abdomen again.

In the meantime, keep practicing this approach until it feels familiar. At that point, take your hands away and try to produce the same vibrato feeling while singing a sustained note.

Ready for the second approach to kick-start your vibrato?

I call it the “Finger Point Vibrato Approach.” Extend your index finger and shake it like this [demonstrates] as if you’re conducting your own voice. Try to make one oscillation per finger movement, one burst of air per wiggle. Try it with me now. [Demonstrates]

Just like with the “Fist Bump Approach,” I’m not telling you to go up for your big solo, whip out your index finger and conduct your own voice in order to sing with vibrato. Instead, I’m trying to give you multiple ways to feel and learn vibrato besides just mimicking me.

If you keep using the approaches I’ve given you, it’s only a matter of time before you can use vibrato in your own singing. Just don’t forget that like all sophisticated things, vibrato has to be used tastefully.

For example, the same way you can’t wear your tuxedo to work every day, you also can’t add vibrato to every note you sustain or else you’ll appear over-the-top. [Demonstrates] “I LOOOOVE YOOOOU, and YOOOOOOOU, say YOOOOOOOU love me, TOOOOOOO.”

Put another way, packing your songs with vibrato is like putting too much ketchup on your French Fries. At some point, you’re just eating ketchup with a side of fries and that’s not what you ordered. Tasteful use of vibrato is just like that. The full song is the main course. Vibrato is just the extra touch that makes it special.

Keep practicing! Remember that vibrato can take your voice to the next level and make a great impression on your audience. The techniques might feel a little funny at first but rest assured that I’ve used these exact approaches to help Grammy-winning singers create their own vibrato. By following along with this lesson, you’re following in their footsteps and there’s no reason why you can’t have vibrato, as well!

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If you’re ready to take your singing career out of the shower and onto the stage, you’re going to need an excellent audition song. To save you time, frustration and less-than-perfect auditions, here are the five things you need to know when selecting your audition song.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours.

If you’re ready to take your singing career out of the shower and onto the stage, you’re going to need an excellent audition song. We want to find a track that showcases the best of your voice in a very short amount of time and that’s not always an easy task. To save you time, frustration and less-than-perfect auditions, here are the five things you need to know when selecting your audition song.

First, pick the perfect song for you.

Before you search through your iTunes playlist or spend a week going through every song on Spotify or Apple Music, ask yourself this question: what parts of your voice feel the strongest and most comfortable? For example, is it Chest Voice? Middle Voice? Head Voice? With that answer, look for an audition song that showcases mostly those parts of your voice.

Then, sing through lots of songs until you find the right one for you. For example, if you have a really strong Chest Voice but your Middle and Head Voices are not there yet, you don’t want to pick a song that forces you to go all the way up the range into a Middle Voice that’s not great yet. In the same way, if you’re a woman with an amazing Head Voice but maybe less-than-amazing Chest Voice, don’t go for an audition song that forces you to belt Chest Voice through the whole first half!

Second, avoid the “famous-or-unknown song” trap.

Singers ask me this question all the time: Should I pick a song that everyone’s super familiar with or something most people have never heard before?

The answer is neither!

You don’t want to come in singing a song that’s really famous and associated with one particular artist. For example, if you go to a pop audition with the Céline Dion song, “My Heart Will Go On,” from the Titanic movie, the people running the audition have heard that song so many times that they’re already sick of it! So the moment you open your mouth, they’re not fully listening to you. Instead, they’re subconsciously comparing how you sing it to the way Céline sings it the entire time. Can you sing it better than Céline? Maybe. But even if you can, you don’t want that kind of competition! You want to go in and showcase the very best of your talent, not set yourself up to be compared to a superstar.

On the other end of the spectrum, let’s say you pick something completely unknown. When you go to audition, the response could be just as bad as if you’d gone with something super famous. The people listening could hear the song and start thinking, “Hmm. What’s that from?” Or, “Who sings this?” And then they might turn to each other and ask, “Do you know this song? Have you heard this before?” The whole time they’re thinking or asking these questions, they’re not listening to you!

Here’s the solution to the “famous-or-unknown song” trap.

Look for audition songs that are in between “super famous” and “super unknown.” If you’re not sure how popular or recognizable a song is, type the title into YouTube and see how many covers are already there. If that number is over ten, it might belong in the “super famous” territory. If it doesn’t show any results on YouTube, you should proceed with caution, as well.

Remember, we want the audition hosts to be looking at you, listening to you, and thinking, “You’ve got real talent!” So don’t pick a song that distracts them. Find one that makes you stand out.

Third, beware of audition song trends!

When picking your audition song, make sure it fits you, your voice, and the roles you want to get. If you’ve heard two other friends preparing a particular song for an audition, use that song with caution.

When I had my studio in New York, there was a time when every female came in singing “What I Did for Love” from A Chorus Line. After the fiftieth person I heard audition with that song, I thought, “Please! Don’t sing that unless you actually want to make every casting director in New York avoid you!” Deep down, casting directors want to be excited and entertained. Hearing the same song again and again makes them literally want to send you off stage so they can find someone who performs something fresh.

When you’re on that stage, I want you to be the person that captivates and dazzles the Casting Directors. Steering clear of current or recent audition song trends is a good way to make that possible.

Fourth, trim your song.

Selecting the right length of song is incredibly important for auditions. Once you have the right song for your voice—one that’s not too famous or totally unknown and not being sung by every other person at the audition—you’ll need to cut it down to the appropriate length.

Contrary to popular belief, shorter songs often make better audition song! For example, some auditions only want 16 bars of a song or just a verse and a chorus. The audition hosts have neither the time nor the energy to have everyone sing for five minutes so edit your song into something short, such as a verse, a chorus and a close.

If you’re singing a capella—meaning, without musical accompaniment—or making lead sheets with someone, it’s easy to edit your song. If you are using a CD or digital track for accompaniment, you’ll probably need to have someone edit it professionally or get a friend to do it in Pro Tools or Garage Band. The bottom line is, try to make your song as short and special as possible. The last thing you want is for the audition host to cut you off mid-song because your arrangement is too long.

Another benefit of singing shorter audition songs is that if you’re great, they can always ask you to sing more! After a great short audition song, I’ve had students asked to sing another full song because the audition host liked them so much. If you leave them wanting more, you win. That means you have them interested, excited and eager to give you the opportunity you’re aiming for.

You may also make multiple versions of your song—one very short, one medium length, and one longer in length—in case your preferred length is too long for a particular audition’s request and you need to use the shortened version. And that way you’ll already be prepared with the longer version if the audition host asks you to sing more for them.

Fifth, go big before you go home.

Many singers choose audition songs that end softly but small endings are not always ideal for auditions. In fact, your ending may be the strongest impression that you leave on an audition host. From this perspective, don’t choose a song that ends small, soft, and emotional. Instead, aim for big endings! As you look for songs or edit a song to use, find one that makes your voice go higher, thicker, louder, and stronger as it progresses and then boom! You’re done. And the audition hosts are excited and moved, putting your name at the top of their selection list.

Just so you know, there are people who spend their whole career trying to find the perfect audition song that showcases their best strengths and hides all of their flaws. So don’t get discouraged or be surprised when you open up iTunes and your perfect song doesn’t instantly jump out at you.

If you keep exploring and singing through lots of songs, I feel confident that you’ll find one that makes you and your voice shine every time you perform it! Don’t forget to check back and post a comment about how your audition went in the comments or tweet me @RogerLove1.

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In honor of Father’s Day, I’m going to share some expert voice tips that will give dads more of what they deserve— respect and admiration!

Dads, here is a verbal strategy for how you can get even more of what you deserve—respect and admiration!

This verbal strategy is engineered to help you feel and sound great every day as an awesome father, husband, and person. (Watch the full video for specific details and exercises to get these results from your voice today!)

Use more Chest Voice

Cut verbal fillers

Embrace the use of commas and pauses in your sentences while speaking

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach, top-selling author and founder of the Voice of Success Live. I’m working to make the world a better place, one speaking voice at a time, starting with yours!

The way I see it, parents make the world a better place every day, but I’m dedicating today’s special video lesson specifically to Dads. I’ve created a verbal strategy to help fathers get even more of what you deserve—respect and admiration!

As a father myself, I know how many roles we play every day—friend, mediator, disciplinarian, role model, comedian, and coach, just to name a few. So I understand how difficult it can be to strike the right balance between them. The verbal strategy I’ll share with you today is engineered to help you feel and sound great no matter what character you may want to play. So, let’s get started!

First, let’s get some depth.

The bottom part of the vocal range—known as Chest Voice—is where we can create a lot of vibrations that make listeners perceive us as strong, passionate, grounded, and powerful. The lower range creates a very deep sound because it vibrates the full length of the vocal cords.

To communicate strength and confidence every time you open your mouth, you need to stay a little lower in the vocal range. Whether you’re talking about their day at school, giving advice, or reminding your kids to do their chores, the key component to a fatherly voice of strength and knowledge is a lower pitch.

By the way, this same Chest Voice, the lower part of the range, can also come in handy outside of the home if you want to close a deal, sound more powerful, or move people to immediate action. Using more Chest Voice can even decrease misinterpretations because the thick sounds convince listeners of your total commitment to the words you’re speaking.

Next, Cut The Fluff

To ensure your family, colleagues, and friends perceive you as intelligent, savvy, and worth listening to, we need to cut down on your verbal fillers. The “non-words” like “um,” “uh,” and “like” that are ruining the English language and other people’s positive impressions of you.

By filling pauses or thinking time with these “non-words,” you communicate to your listeners that you’re disorganized, less intelligent, or that your brain just doesn’t work as fast as you want it to.

So cut the fluff—no more fillers in your conversations! Remember that commas, periods and pauses have their place in our conversations for areason. They’re supposed to be a gift for your listeners! Those moments of silence right after a comma or period allow your listeners to reflect and process the words you just said, before you jump in and say anything more.

Here’s an example to bring this point home. If I say, “I um love red, um I love um blue, and um I love green.” When your listeners hear the filler words, they nearly disqualify the actual words’ meanings. Suddenly they’re not actually sure what colors I like or if I love any colors at all.

Instead, if I say, “I love red, I love blue, and I love green,” people believe the words I’m speaking and their mind moves on to think about red, blue, green and what those colors mean to them. Suddenly, they’re aware of your message and engaging with it personally. That’s a big difference.

The consequences for using filler words in your daily life are even more extreme. For example, when your son or daughter comes to you asking for advice about something that happened at sports or dance practice, you want to give them a thoughtful, impactful answer that makes them feel supported and understood. If you litter those lessons with “um,” “uh” or “like,” you’ve already diminished your credibility before your kid can follow your advice!

Or, as another example, think about your relationship with your significant other. If they ask you, “Honey, did you take care of that task I needed your help with?” And you respond with, “Uhhh…” In just that second, they’ll probably conclude that you forgot what they asked you to do or that you never followed through. That’s not the impression you want to make! And it’s not the appreciation your contribution deserves. Cut down on fillers and you’ll increase everyone’s faith in you and your abilities to be an amazing father, husband, and person.

On this wonderful Father’s Day, I hope you put this verbal strategy into action and get more of the outcomes you want and deserve as a Dad.

From my family to yours, happy Father’s Day!

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Outstanding athletes insist that the food that goes into your body determines the performance that comes out. As a celebrity voice coach, I teach my clients that the same insight applies to their voice whether they’re singing in the shower or accepting an Oscar.

To help you perform at your vocal optimum, here are the six food categories I advise my clients to steer clear of 12 to 24 hours before their big moment. (Watch the video for full explanation of why to avoid each category.)

The Bitter Bombs

The Dehydration Demons

The Cow Club

The Booze Bombs

The Red Zone

The Candy Crushers

My goal is not to make your taste buds a slave to your larynx. Instead, I want to share my expertise so that you are aware and can focus on getting your ideal outcome, not finding the perfect moment to clear your throat or lunge for the water glass onstage. The more you actively reduce intake from these six categories, the better your voice will perform when you need it most.

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Outstanding athletes insist that the food that goes into your body determines the performance that comes out. As a celebrity voice coach, I teach my clients that the same insight applies to their voice whether they’re singing in the shower or accepting an Oscar. To help you perform at your vocal optimum, here are the six food categories I advise my clients to steer clear of 12 to 24 hours before their big moment.

Number One: The Bitter Bombs

Contrary to common belief, hot lemon tea does not soothe your voice. Rather, the citrus makes you salivate more. While this extra salivation doesn’t necessarily thicken the phlegm on your vocal cords, it does bother a great deal of my clients and forces them to clear their throat more frequently.

When you’re constantly clearing your throat, you can appear nervous or unprofessional. These are not the positive, inspiring impressions we want you to project from the spotlight. For the Big Day, skip lemonade, orange juice, grapefruit juice and any other high citrus shakes that might creep into your cup.

Number Two: The Dehydration Demons

While caffeine may give you the energy boost you need to get up and work hard on your big day, the dehydration it induces can be a doozy for your vocal cords. Remember that in order to perform properly, your vocal cords have to be well hydrated.

Common caffeinated drinks like tea and coffee filch fundamental fluids from your system.

In addition, when caffeine speeds up your metabolism, it stimulates mucus-producing cells to work harder, faster and produce higher-than-optimal levels of thick phlegm that hamper your vocal performance. To make matters worse, the faster metabolism requires more water, returning you quickly back to a state of dehydration.

Since the vocal cords are not your body’s first priority for hydration—unlike your brain and kidneys—you’ll need to drink extra water to ensure your vocal cords are healthy. Remember that you can’t directly hydrate your vocal cords through simply drinking a glass of H20. Water must be absorbed into your bloodstream before being delivered to needy organs. That means swigging a Dixie cup of Cool-Aid as you saunter up will not fuel your vocal cords in time to present. A better approach is to drink a half-gallon of water the day before the big event and as much as you can comfortably swallow that morning.

Number Three: The Cow Club

Scientific research linking dairy consumption to increased phlegm production is inconclusive. However drinking milk does create a thickening of saliva that can coat the throat and create a phlegm-like sensation. My goal is for clients to be as comfortable, confident and prepared as possible for their every communication event. From that perspective, whether milk creates phlegm or just makes it feel like it, if you’re clearing your throat or distracted by discomfort, it’s not worth the mid-morning milkshake. Instead, save the shake for a post-performance celebration.

Number Four: The Booze Bombs

While technically a subcategory of the Dehydration Demons, I’m asked this question so often that it’s garnered a grouping of its own. Many students justify that alcohol makes them feel calm and gives them the liquid courage they need to perform. Unfortunately in order to process that alcohol, your liver slurps up any available water—even if it has to steal it from other organs—just to get the job done. Which organs loose out to the liver? That’s right, your vocal cords.

With every bottle of booze, you’re shorting your vocal cords of the nutrients they need to perform at their optimum.

Do you need to deadbolt your wine cellar for a month before your next performance? No. A more moderate approach would be to skip the glass of wine or bottle of beer with dinner before an eight PM event.

I can hear the excuses bubbling up, so I’ll give you an additional option to find a win-win between your drinking preferences and performance needs. If you choose to drink 15 hours or less before a show, chase each serving of alcohol with three to four glasses of water. It may seem like a lot of liquids but your body needs to be hydrated.

If you only remember one line of advice about alcohol and vocal performance, let it be this: If you’re going to drink, maintain moderation, hydration, mastication (chewing, i.e. eating) and duration (that is, give your body time to recover.)

Number Five: The Red Zone

Red meat and other difficult-to-digest foods draw blood away from your other organs to support processing in your stomach. This blood is key to ensuring adequate water and nutrient delivery to your vocal cords.

Although I maintain a vegan diet, I don’t expect my students to adopt one as well. If you’ve got a big performance to give today, just step back from the double-patty hamburger at lunch.

Number Six: The Candy Crushers

Many scientists attest that high-sugar drinks like soda do not have a significant affect on your vocal performance. According to this argument, the acid level in your stomach is so high that soda has no tangible negative effect. But in my thirty-plus years of voice coaching, I’ve personally observed how drinking sodas led to substantial increases in mucus production for my clients. If you can stay away from excess sugar the day of a show, your vocal cords will thank you.

Having read all six categories, you may be asking, “Roger, do you tell your clients to starve before they present?”

Of course not! That would only drain their energy and I want them to be alive and sparkling in the limelight. Veggies, water, fish, berries, soy products, water, rice, melons (did I say water?), and many more categories all fit the bill without breaking your vocal cords’ budget.

What about the non-fish, no-carb, daily-drinker, allergic-to-fruits and -veggies clients? Well, I would politely refer them to a great dietician and give them some wiggle room. For example, a single cup of coffee the morning of won’t turn you into a mime and a piece of bacon can be balanced with a cup of non-citrus fruit and granola doused in soymilk.

My goal is not to make your taste buds a slave to your larynx. Instead, I want to share my expertise so that you are aware and can focus on getting your ideal outcome, not finding the perfect moment to clear your throat or lunge for the water glass onstage. The more you actively reduce intake from these six categories, the better your voice will perform when you need it most.

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This Memorial Day, take time to remember and pay respect to those who mean so much to you, no matter where they are now. If you are attending and speaking at a memorial service, use the verbal strategy I provided here to fill everyone in attendance with faith and belief that the person we’re gathering for will live on in our hearts.

Here’s a summary of the vocal profile for a eulogy, as taught by Roger Love in this video lesson.

Pitch: 5-6

Pace: 5

Melody: 7

Tone: 5-6

Volume: 6

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity verbal strategist, top-selling author, and founder of The Voice of Success Live. I’m working to make the world a better place, one speaking voice at a time, starting with yours.

In honor of Memorial Day, I want to help you find the right verbal strategy for when you commemorate and remember others.

Memorials are a special time to reflect, offer our respect, and celebrate a loved one. While the “guest of honor,” isn’t physically present to hear your words, what you say can bring so much comfort, honor and joy to those around you. Your speech may be the healing they need or the memories they reflect on in coming years. So having the right verbal strategy is important.

Today, I’ll help you sculpt a verbal strategy to achieve the perfect voice for this occasion. I’ll be using my Building Blocks of Voice and 1-to-10 scales from my Perfect Voice programs to describe each building block. Log in to your Perfect Voice profile if you need a refresher.

Now, let’s start with pitch. Remember that the environment may be filled with a sense of sadness and loss, so I recommend that your overall voice during a eulogy or memorial speech be uplifting. Try to be a little on the higher side, maybe a 5 or 6, and avoid going too low. The higher pitch will make others feel more joyful and hopeful. It’ll also help you create an uplifting atmosphere and reduce the sorrow surrounding the service.

Next, your pace should stay around a 5. Make sure to be consistent and don’t drag it out by slowing down. Life has a beginning, middle and end and each is important. We don’t rush through any of those three parts of life, so we shouldn’t rush through the eulogy. Going too slow invites the audience to sink into their sadness or mentally wonder away into their own thoughts, leaving you alone at the microphone.

Moving on to melody, you should have a great deal of melody, around a 7. You are celebrating a life well lived and a person much loved. You are positive about the fact that love never dies and that the person is in a happy place now. This level of melody will communicate that and help keep everyone’s spirits up.

Next, let’s talk about tone. Aim for about a 5-6. I don’t want you to be airy and light and sound like you’re blowing in the wind. I want people to get strength from your voice and a bit more edgy tone will help with that. Your voice will ring out with hope and consistency that makes people feel good about the person you’re honoring. An airy voice can’t effectively lead people who are mourning. They need strength to be pulled toward hope and a more edgy voice can do that for you.

Finally, volume. Stay around a 6 here. This delivers a strong, confident impression that shows others your strength and encourages them to summon their own.

This Memorial Day, take time to remember and pay respect to those who mean so much to you, no matter where they are now. If you are attending and speaking at a memorial service, use the verbal strategy I provided here to fill everyone in attendance with faith and belief that the person we’re gathering for will live on in our hearts.

Personally, I’ll be using the holiday to remember all the great times I’ve had with my loved ones and remind them–wherever they are now–how much I appreciate them.

And know that I appreciate you! Thanks for spending this time with me and I wish you all a wonderful Memorial Day.

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This Memorial Day, take time to remember and pay respect to those who mean so much to you, no matter where they are now. If you are attending and…Vocal Strategy with Roger Loveclean5:09Mothers Day Edition: How to Make Your Kids Listenhttps://rogerlove.com/mothers-day/
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In honor of Mother’s Day, I’m going to share some expert voice tips that will give moms more of what they deserve—attention and appreciation!

Moms, you deserve more than just one day of celebration. We should appreciate you every day! With these three expert vocal tips, you can use your voice to get more of the attention and appreciation you deserve, 365 days of the year.

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Moms, here are three ways you can boost your children’s attention span while you’re speaking.

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Watch your tone.

Work the volume.

Make a melody.

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach, top-selling author, and founder of The Voice of Success Live. I’m working to make the world a better place, one speaking voice at a time, starting with yours.

In honor of Mother’s Day, I’m going to share some expert voice tips that will give moms more of what they deserve—attention and appreciation! As a parent myself, I know how hard it is to keep our kid’s attention when technology, TV, social media, and video games are such shiny, distracting alternatives.

Moms, here are three ways you can boost your children’s attention span when you’re speaking.

First, watch your tone! I can’t tell you how many times my mom said that to me as a kid. But the way I’m saying it now is with a totally different intention: to squeeze out the airy, soft tone many women use. Let me give you an example [demonstrates soft, airy voice].

When you speak this way, the world around you (especially your kids!) hears weakness and frailty. Before you know it, they hear you speaking in that tone and say, “Ah, she doesn’t mean that” or “Ah, I’m not afraid of her.” My mom—ALL moms, as far as I’m concerned—are full of wisdom and the best intentions for their kids. So let’s give you a voice that garners the respect and attention you deserve!

Instead of being Airy Fairy, be all about that bass. Not Meghan Trainor bass, I mean, bass-y tones, those rich, deep, full tones that come from a strong Chest Voice. Let me demonstrate [demonstrates].

See how that compares to [demonstrating airy] this Marilyn voice? Adding more bass to your voice gives your kids the impression that you’re solid, serious, and strong.

Second, work the volume. In my experience, we’ve become a nation of whisperers. But if you want your kids to take your advice or instructions more seriously, raising the volume can be the authoritative boost you’re looking for, not to mention a minimum requirement to being heard over their iPod.

Third, make a melody. Want to know why we remember song lyrics from our childhood daycare days better than what we were told to buy at the grocery store this morning? Melody! The combination of notes sticks in our memories and makes listening more pleasurable. If you want to appear more fun, interesting, and entertaining, add more melody to your conversations with your kids!

Here’s an example to paint this more clearly: [demonstrating monotone] Today was so busy. I had three meetings, picked your brother up from school, and still managed to plan our upcoming vacation. [demonstrating melody] Today was so busy. I had three meetings, picked your brother up from school, and still managed to plan our upcoming vacation.

Although I used the exact same words each time, I probably sounded much more interesting the second time. That level of interest is often the spice we need to keep our listener—whether they’re 16 or 60—attentive.

The way I see it, mothers add so much value to the world. You deserve more than just one day of celebration. We should appreciate you every day! And now with these three expert vocal tips, you can use your voice to get more of the attention and appreciation you deserve.

Thank you, moms, for all that you do! And happy Mother’s day!

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Watch this informative video to ensure your approach to singing isn’t like filling a racecar gas tank with orange juice.

Then, follow along with Roger’s exercise to master the method that can transform your singing voice, fast!

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Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and top-selling author. I’m working to make the world a better place, one singing voice at a time, starting with yours.

Today I’m going to reveal a method that’s helping amateur singers transform their voices! In my thirty-plus years of working with celebrities and the not-yet-famous, it’s shocking how many people start out their singing journey by just opening their mouths and listening for nothing but if they are on pitch. Their whole attention is centered on, “Am I hitting the right note?”

If pitch is all that matters to you, you won’t develop the super star potential you have inside of you.

Why? Because great sound is the outcome of great inputs! That happens when the right amount of air meets the right amount of vocal cord. If your posture is bad, your breathing will suffer. When your breathing suffers, your sound is “deaf” on arrival. That’s why focusing only on pitch is defeating your progress.

To explain it another way, imagine you’re driving a racecar. Yes, how you steer matters but if you filled the gas tank with orange juice, your steering is only going to get you so far. The same thing is true for your voice when singing. Some people spend years practicing their scales but never get the voice of their dreams because their breathing technique is as misdirected as orange juice in a car engine!

But I won’t waste another breath telling you how important breathing is.

Let’s do an exercise so you can see for yourself!

I’m going to teach you diaphragmatic breathing so you can control your breath and move audiences emotionally with the sounds coming out of your mouth.

The main thing to know is that regardless of whether you are singing or speaking, you should inhale through your nose. Why? Because then the air passes through filters called turbinates and becomes moist. This prevents you from drying out your throat or vocal cords.

First, see what happens when you don’t breath through your nose. Open your mouth and take a slow, deep breath in. Do you feel the dryness? Now close your mouth and breathe in through your nose. See? No dryness at all. From now on, breathe in through your nose and you’ll be able to use your voice all day AND night.

So now that you know how to inhale, let me show you how to exhale most effectively. To do this, we need to focus on good posture. Please sit or stand up straight with your chest up and your shoulders back. On the count of three, take a big, deep breathe in through your nose. And then let it out.

Many of you raised your chest and shoulders. That’s called accessory breathing and it’s the least effective way to get air into your lungs.

But watch what I do: I breathe in through my nose and pretend that I have a balloon in my abdomen. Then when I speak, I exhale and let the balloon come back in slowly.

Let’s do it together. Breathe in through your nose, fill up the balloon, and as you exhale say, “Roger only wants me to sing while my abdomen is coming back in.”

Together again, “Roger only wants me to sing while my abdomen is coming back in.” Great job.

I’d love for you to practice until this becomes second nature. Singing only while your abdomen is coming back in gives you control over volume and projection. That sends the perfect amount of air out of your mouth to carry your amazing new voice to your listeners.

When you apply this breathing method, the sound of your singing will be richer, more impressive and more powerful so you can wow your audiences and move them emotionally.

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